Category Archives: Human interest

Researching Alzheimer’s with your husband

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Alzheimer; News from the web:

Dorene Rentz, one of 
the local neuropsychologists behind a pioneering Alzheimer’s study, spends her days searching for 
answers in the mysterious plaques that invade the brains of those suffering from the incurable disease.

And Rentz’s search will take on a new sense of urgency in the coming months, as the study gains a key participant: her husband.

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It is the group that is important

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New research shows that group activities help fight depression with dementia patients, not just group exercise programs. Even when you are in a group and do not exercise it seems to help.

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Alzheimer’s movie not so funny

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Alzheimer; News from the web:

The main character backed out of the movie and the Alzheimer’s association plus a member of congress has now spoken out against the making of the comedy movie about Alzheimer’s.

Here is what we know about the plot of the movie:

the film opens at the start of the then-president’s second term, when he falls into dementia. An ambitious intern is tasked with convincing the commander-in-chief that he is an actor playing the president in a movie.

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