Thursday, May 17th 2012 from 8:00AM-10:00AM
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660 Camino de Los Mares, San Clemente
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Check out this very informative report on Alzheimer’s Disease…
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the Federal Government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has primary responsibility for basic, clinical, behavioral, and social research in Alzheimer’s disease, aimed at finding ways to treat and, ultimately, prevent this disease. The Institute’s Alzheimer’s disease research program is integral to its mission, which is to enhance the health and well-being of older people. This 2010 Progress Report on Alzheimer’s Disease summarizes Alzheimer’s research conducted or supported by the NIA and other components of NIH, including: Continue reading
CT Scanner, Crash Cart (Photo credit: Civilian Scrabble)
The blog piece, How Doctors Die, It’s Not Like the Rest of Us, But It Should Be by Ken Murray, MD, has come up repeatedly in more than one of my San Francisco support groups .. and around the internet .. and newspapers, and blogs, ..
It’s not a frequent topic of discussion, but doctors die, too. And they don’t die like the rest of us. What’s unusual about them is not how much treatment they get compared to most Americans, but how little.
An interesting read, and something to think about when planning for yourself and your loved ones. Just a bit of the ripple effect created by this article can be explored in the related article section below, but the Time article by Shannon Brownlee nicely expands on the themes begun in Ken Murray’s article. Continue reading
Ran across these interesting (not pretty) thigh cross sections. From left to right, 70-year-old triathlete; 74-year-old sedentary man; 40-year-old triathlete.
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Antibody Rendering (Credit: Image courtesy of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Sciencedaily.com recently post this article about the development of an Alzheimer’s antibody. According to Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Peter Tessier and his colleagues at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and with funding from the Alzheimer’s Association, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Pew Charitable Trust, a new method for designing antibodies in a “surprisingly simple” way has produced some promising results.
Using antibodies to attack and eliminate offending proteins, like APoE4, is nothing new and the buzz around this type of treatment did not appear without promising initial results. However, upon further trials, some of the early attempts have resulted in only “okay” results often due to dangerous side effects like brain swelling.
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This Huffington Post article: Understanding Alzheimer’s: 8 Common Myths Debunked by Marguerite Manteau-Rao was recently brought into one of our family caregiver support groups. It is a quick, succinct read that may help some people to feel a bit more connected to their loved one.
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marguerite-manteaurao/alzheimers_b_833644.html
For most people reading this, it is probably not news that falls can be very serious for older adults. I found some surprising statistics on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website. Which prompted a this two-part post on balance issues, the prevalence of falls in older adults, how to reduce falls in the home, and a few Aging-Matters-Style pointers on how to do a fall prevention “sweep” in the home.
Some surprising points covered in the CDC’s fact sheet on falls:
A new Australian study coming from The Arts Health Institute looks at the impact of humor therapy on mood, agitation, behavioral disturbances and social engagement in dementia patients. The SMILE study spanned 36 Australian assisted living communities and found a 20 percent reduction in agitation – results equal to that of drug therapies. This study is slated for presentation at Australia’s National Dementia Research Forum this week.
The Arts Health Institute is part of The Dementia Collaborative Research Centers funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.
