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Dorian Martin

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posted 10/07/2009, comments (7)

The Bruising Saga Between Football and Alzheimer's Continues

For a significant portion of my life, football has reigned supreme. My allegiance in my early years went to the Denver Broncos, who my parents avidly began supporting during the 1960s despite the team’s dismal record. Then we moved to Texas, long known as a football powerhouse. And I ended up attending Odessa Permian High School,... Read more Chevron

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Dorian Martin

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posted 09/21/2009, comments (3)

Alzheimer's Prevention: Exercise or Crosswords?

I have a vivid memory of my mom during much of my adult life. Every morning, she’d pick up the newspapers (my parents subscribed to two daily papers) and quickly found the section with the crossword puzzles. Mom would then proceed to work her way through the clues, carefully putting each letter in the box. A few times, I was up ahead of... Read more Chevron

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Christine Kennard

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posted 09/17/2009, comments (2)

Rethinking the Cause of Alzheimer's

For the past 20 years both the focus of attention and hopes for treating Alzheimer's disease have centered on destroying or preventing fatty amyloid plaques in the brain. People with Alzheimer's tend to accumulate plaques in the brain, so it has always been assumed these were a major cause of dementia. As a result, a number of clinical trials were... Read more Chevron

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Dharma S Khalsa, MD

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posted 09/10/2009, comments (2)

Why Taking Care of Your Brain is Just as Important as Taking Care of Your Body

I've just finished reading a pretty scientific article and want to share it with you. It highlights the importance of really focusing on taking care of your brain and not just your body. In the article, researchers uncovered an early disruption in the process of memory formation in people as they age who exhibit some early brain changes associated... Read more Chevron

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Christine Kennard

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posted 09/02/2009, comments (2)

Is it Senescence, Senility, or Alzheimer's?

"My dad is only 68 but he's always forgetting where he puts things. He sometimes can't remember the right words when he talks and he can't seem to keep up to speed with a conversation. Last week I found his pen in the fridge. Is this normal for his age or is this the start of Alzheimer's?" When I first started nursing we used to talk... Read more Chevron

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