Health Expert Trish Vradenburg shares health management news and commentary at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/804021/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/804021/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/804021/index http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/804021/152142/case-choice Tue, 01 May 2012 13:59:00 -0400 Trish Vradenburg The other day my husband and I were making out our Last Will and Testament. Not a fun chore, to be sure, but ultimately necessary (though, of course, we're never going to die).   The one thing we don't agree on is our living will. My husband wants to have a DNR (do not resuscitate) clause to be used if he is simply prolonging his life -- with no hope for recovery. He used to joke that if he were asleep and sneezed, I would tell a doctor... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/804021/152142/case-choice http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/804021/150982/snickers Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:42:00 -0500 Trish Vradenburg Remember the good old days when statins were the safest drug to take? Oh, wait, that was last month. I am currently on a statin. I began a few years ago when I read an article that alleged that statins could help prevent Alzheimer's. This was of no small concern to me since my Mom had died from Alzheimer's and women are more likely to die from Alzheimer's than men (65% of Alzheimer's patients are women, 35% are men); even more so if their mother... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/804021/150982/snickers http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/804021/149234/day-wandering Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:51:00 -0500 Trish Vradenburg When my mother, as yet undiagnosed with Alzheimer's, asked me to get a pair of glasses from her purse, I stumbled upon a traffic ticket.  I sighed, knowing my mother's propensity for speeding.  I scanned the summons to find how fast she was going this time.  Much to my surprise she had been pulled over for going ten miles-per-hour on the middle lane of The George Washington Bridge.  Rather than cutting off traffic, she had... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/804021/149234/day-wandering http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/804021/147546/alzheimer-mom Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:40:00 -0500 Trish Vradenburg My mom was larger than life. Not a shrinking violet, everything she did was with flair and drama. Busy in politics, civic and charitable activities, she still managed to live two lives - hers and mine. If I was sick, she knew precisely what I should be taking and what I was doing wrong. And what a worrier. I joke that this trait largely (thankfully) skipped a generation (me) and went straight to my daughter, who also has no problem identifying... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/804021/147546/alzheimer-mom http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/804021/145063/pat-robertson Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:35:00 -0400 Trish Vradenburg When Pat Robertson answered a caller's question on his radio show stating that divorce is a reasonable option for Alzheimer's patients' spouses if they're going to do something in a new relationship, he opened up a hornets' nest of reactions. And many of those hornets had their proverbial stingers out. Is it okay to check your vows at the door if your marriage partner is slipping into the unforgiving vortex of Alzheimer's? If so, what stage -... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/804021/145063/pat-robertson