Alzheimer; News from the web:
In Alzheimer’s day centers and living facilities throughout South Florida, there are patients — once amateur or professional musicians — who continue to make beautiful, complex music long after they can no longer care for themselves. Their abilities show why music therapy programs increasingly are incorporating new techniques that involve more than just passively listening to songs.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
A writer talks about how Alzheimer that affected his Dad at a young age, has brought the family closer together and inspired him to write a book about it.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
So here is the dilemma. The research apparently finds ways to predict if someone would have or develop Alzheimer. These findings precede finding a cure. So the question becomes, if you know or could know that you have the disease, would you want to know? We know there is no cure. It is not for lack of trying or lack of funding as I believe the pharmaceutical industry is well aware of the Billions that can be made by the industry who finds the cure to the condition. What’s your view? Would you want to know you will be suffering from something when there is no cure or would you rather live life and see things come your way?
UPDATE: Read the response from our the Alzheimer Reading Room
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
People with Alzheimer and known to have some hallucinations and in those cases hear or see something that is not there. Read the article in today’s link for some strategies to deal with this.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Jason Richardson, an associate professor at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, said their research indicates DDT may be responsible for causing plaques to form in brain cells through its harmful byproduct dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, or DDE.
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A diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease can be difficult to determine since each person is affected differently, and can have a variety of symptoms. Symptoms can be wrongly believed to be stress-related, for instance.
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