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What the systems don't catch, however, are all the over-the-counter medications we take. As our emails flew back and forth, I was able to gather from the concerned daughter that her mother was good about getting her prescriptions at one drugstore, but she still had a feeling that something was amiss. She felt her mother was too groggy in the morning for someone who'd had a good night's sleep
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MedHelp provides its users with access to advice from experts at the top medical institutions such as the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins Medicine, National Jewish, Partners Health, and Mount Sinai.
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Even if we're not running marathons, local metro gyms are flooded with boomers working out and striving to stay healthy enough to stay employed (through need or choice). We are learning new technology.
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Some people do very well on drug therapy, and it's not likely their doctors will want to take them off in order to experiment, especially since it has been shown that going off the medications, and then returning to them, can sometimes lose ground for the patient.
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She tells the story of a family who had their mother diagnosed with dementia, and then decided to get a second opinion from a geriatrician. The diagnosis? Too many medicines interacting with on another.
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we learn about a neurosurgeon named Andres Lozano who was studying deep-brain stimulation for obesity patients. The patient he was working on showed little change in his weight, however his memory skyrocketed.
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Many come through publicists who know I read and write about books on aging, dementia, brain research, pharmaceuticals, and all kinds of caregiving. Many just show up in my mail box, unannounced.
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This is how the study works. If you are interested, please contact the people at Quincy bioscience
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Which sounds better? “Let’s go, Dad. We need to get you dressed for day care.” Or “Hey, Dad – let’s...
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In my previous blog, I wrote about an encouraging study of a drug called Dimebon. This drug, if approved, may...
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The American Academy of Neurology 60th Annual Meeting brought news of a new Alzheimer's drug called Dimebon. The drug just...
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Elder abuse affects four percent of the elder population every year. But, according to experts, less than one in 14...
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I'm a firm believer in hospice care. I watched my dying parents, each of whom had been in severe pain,...
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