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The books pile up these days, and there's so much good information out there that I really want to read them all. Many come through publicists who know I read and write about books on aging, dementia, brain research, pharmaceuticals, and all kinds of caregiving. Many just show up in my mail box, unannounced.
One of the former,... Read more
I recently addressed a study that showed promise of antioxidants from fruits and vegetables reversing Alzheimer's disease. I've just picked up on another study showing essentially the same thing. Titled "Molecules in Plants May Have Beneficial Effect on Alzheimer's Disease," this report was found on newswise.com. The article cites a study led by... Read more
A story that can only be called "heartwarming" was recently published by The New York Times online. Titled, "At 60, He Learned to Sing So He Could Learn to Talk," the story is about how a man regained his ability to talk after a stroke - by singing.
The story explains the brain hemispheres involved, but it's the singing that made the... Read more
Why am I not surprised? A study has shown that two classes of drugs often given, in tandem, to people with dementia - a population that also tends to have problems with incontinence - are together causing more rapid functional decline.
In "Dual Treatment of Incontinence and Dementia Associated with Functional Decline," a study... Read more
A media release from University of California, Berkeley titled, "More clues to midlife dementia that erases personality," was to me, very enlightening. I'd read a bit about Pick's disease and had some idea of the part of the brain affected. But I wasn't educated in the term frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), nor was I clear on the... Read more
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