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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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syed Iqbal Hussain shahid MD

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posted 05/03/2008, comment (1)

Smoking and Alzheimer's

There have been conflicting studies in the past that emphasize the beneficial effects of smoking in preventing Alzheimer's illness. It is now proven that smoking has no beneficial effect whatsoever in Alzheimer's prevention. On the contrary smokers get Alzheimer's earlier and than non smokers. Here are the results of... 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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posted 04/24/2008, comments (8)

This is harder than anything else I've dealt with.

My husband and I have been caring for his aunt for over a year now. When we first got the call that she was in the hospital due to a stoke for not taking her medication. Then we found out she had dementia, so we moved back to where she lived to care for her. Once we got to town we found out that her niece was taking her to court for... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/12/2008, comments (5)

comment on "Whites fare worst with Alzheimer's disease"

Who wants to survive longer with Alzheimer's? Put me in front of a train, drop me off the bridge - please. Studies like this a a waist of resources that should be directed at prevention and/or cures.

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