Potatoes and Alzheimer’s Treatment
Due to my mother’s dementia I have placed myself I’m on mailing lists for medical research into Alzheimer’s treatment. Today I received this interesting update indicating that a common potato virus may hold the key to Alzheimer’s treament.
ScienceDaily (Aug. 16, 2008) — A virus that commonly infects potatoes bears a striking resemblance to one of [...]
Battered and Bruised
Update: I am recovering from a fall. I fell because I wasn’t looking where I was going. I did a full body slam off the deck and face planted into the edge of a very large and solid stoneware planter. Luckily I have no broken bones. However, I do have lots of face, arm and [...]
Depression Busters: Humor Bloggers
The sound of roaring laughter is far more contagious than any cough, sniffle, or sneeze. Humor and laughter [...]
Natural Health Products and Me
For the last 5 years alternative medicine therapies have been the mainstay of my life. I do not respond well to conventional therapies and I have multiple allergies. I live with chronic pain and I’m subject to acute pain crises. Among the causes I’m passionate about, is access naturopathic health care and homeopathic [...]
Brain size and Alzheimer’s
My mother is residing on a nursing home as her dementia means that she can no longer take care of herself. Her older brother was likewise incapacitated and diagnosed with Alzheimer’s previous to his death. Consequently, I have become interested in research pertaining to dementia and to Alzheimer’s.
For many years researchers have witnessed autopsy results [...]
Straight Talk: An Open Letter
Suicide is painless?
When you first wrote about suicide I was loathe to say a word. I knew that your symptoms were indicative of depression. I was so upset that you were self medicating with beer that I did not know what to say to you. Understand that I was not silent because I did [...]
Grief: Learning from a major loss in your life
This winter I learned that coping with emotions associated with profound losses and learning from them is vital to my mental health. If you take a look at my sidebar you will see “Inspiration for Your Soul Meditation Experiences.” Under that title is a list of all the things I have been [...]
Middleaged women targeted in anti-drink campaign in the UK
Anti binge-drinking campaigns in the UK have previously focused on younger people, but now older women are being targeted. According to Cancer Research, alcohol is the cause of around 2,000 cases of breast cancer in the UK each year. Government figures show that 20 per cent of women in the UK (4.9m) consume between [...]
