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Carol Bradley Bursack

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posted 05/07/2008, comments (5)

Music Therapy Helps Some Regain Speech After Stroke

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 Chevron

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Dorian Martin

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posted 05/05/2008, comments (2)

Slow Medicine: A New Approach to Elders' Quality of Life

What would it be like if we gave the elderly the time and the information to make their own decisions about the level of medical care given to them as they approach the final hour? That's the idea behind slow medicine, which is described in a New York Times article by Jane Gross. "Grounded in research at the Dartmouth Medical... Read more Chevron

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Carol Bradley Bursack

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posted 05/05/2008, comments (2)

Study Shows Mixing Dementia Drugs with Incontinence Drugs Can Cause Decline

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 Chevron

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Carol Bradley Bursack

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posted 04/30/2008, comments (2)

Help With Life, Death and Our Spiritual Health

Anyone who regularly reads my work already knows that I am a huge fan of hospice and palliative care. These connections have brought to my attention the work of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Lee Oliver, the author of three books that work, in different ways, to teach us about the dying (and living) process. Oliver's first book, What the Dying Teach... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/23/2008, comments (2)

Can Antioxidants Reverse or Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?

In my previous blog, I wrote about an encouraging study of a drug called Dimebon. This drug, if approved, may help people with Alzheimer's keep their independence longer. Now, according to new findings published in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we have another reason to celebrate. The release,... Read more Chevron

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