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Expert_badge Carol Bradley Bursack

Carol Bradley Bursack

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Author, blogger and eldercare columnist

September marks world awareness of Alzheimer’s disease

  Just as the month of June was set aside to raise awareness of elder abuse, November has been set aside for National Alzheimer’s Awareness and National Caregiver’s Month. However, Alzheimer’s disease is a world-wide problem, and that fact is being recognized this month, with Sept 21, 2011 designated as World... Read moreChevron
posted 09/01/2011, comments (0)|
Expert_badge Carol Bradley Bursack

Carol Bradley Bursack

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Early on-set Alzheimer’s challenges legendary basketball coach Pat Summitt

The news is everywhere. Pat Summitt, a virtual legend in women’s basketball who has won more games in her coaching career than any other college coach, has been diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimer’s disease. The news is rocking the college sports world because it seems so unbelievable. This active, healthy, intelligent woman, just... Read moreChevron
posted 08/25/2011, comments (0)|
Expert_badge Christine Kennard

Normal Aging, Memory and the Fear of Alzheimer's

It can be confusing! Memory is not as reliable as most people think. So when we get worried about memory lapses and find ourselves unable to recall details of events in our lives it's frequently nothing to worry about. But, as we age, we do worry more about the times when memory fails us. We hear so much about equating age with senility that we... Read moreChevron
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Carol Bradley Bursack

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"Green Kitty" helps explain Alzheimer’s to pre-teens; emphasizes elders’ contributions

“Green Kitty,” written by Faer Bryan, takes me back to the delights of my pre-teen years as I listened to my grandparents’ talk of “the old days.” I loved their stories. My mom’s mother, particularly, was a natural storyteller. When my older brother and I would visit my grandparents, who then lived a couple of... Read moreChevron
Expert_badge Carol Bradley Bursack

Carol Bradley Bursack

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Study shows vitamin E could limit or prevent stroke damage

As is the case with so many vitamins, minerals, and prescription drugs, vitamin E supplementation has gone through times where it’s been heralded as a miracle later to be berated as a risk. A new study has once again brought vitamin E to the forefront as a possible preventative step for people at risk for strokes. These study authors put... Read moreChevron
posted 07/14/2011, comments (0)|

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