Information and opinions on OurAlzheimers from Richard Taylor http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/3880 en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/ http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/3880/24581/long-good-bye Tue Apr 08 17:50:00 -0400 2008 Richard Taylor It is always startling to me when someone I know, even if only through some make believe roles in make believe movies, dies and has been prior to her/his death living with a diagnosis of Dementia , probably of this or that type.   Someone found the press release Mr. Heston read announcing his diagnosis, and I just read it.  Reading Charleton Heston's announcement that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease reconfirms... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/3880/24581/long-good-bye http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/3880/24525/real-stand Tue Apr 08 10:30:00 -0400 2008 Richard Taylor Is Alzheimer’s Disease Real? And more importantly to me and to 5,000,000 + other people like me,  will a yes or a no or a maybe answer change my life for the better?   Last week I was speaking in Ohio and someone told me the authors of “The Myth of Alzheimer’s” were also speaking nearby at another conference. I secured a ride over to their conference and heard them and then WOW!   We sat down and... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/3880/24525/real-stand http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/3880/21565/ive-lost-brain Sat Mar 15 05:08:00 -0400 2008 Richard Taylor     If I lost a limb (through an accident, or disease) I know even as it was being removed professionals would begin to marshal their skills to support and enable me to compensate for the lost limb. I would probably be fitted with an artificial one. Perhaps technology would be added to make the limb more functional for me. There would be therapy sessions to help me learn to use the new limb. The goal would be to restore my lost... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/3880/21565/ive-lost-brain