#alzhimers

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Proof it’s possible to enhance or suppress memories

Using optogenetics to simulate different areas of the hippocampus has the ability to enhance or suppress memories in mice. The findings could have implications for suppressing memories associated with traumatic events in PTSD, and also in enhancing cognitive ability or improving memory for those with neurodegenerative diseases, in the future.

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Still Alice by Lisa Genova (written in 2007) is an insiders view for someone living with Early Onset Alzheimers. It’s a fantastic story following Alice and her family as they all struggle with this debilitating and terrifying disease.

At fifty years old, when her memory is fleeting, Alice suspects menopause. She’s the right age for it and had nothing wrong with her physically. However after more and more instances of forgotten words, misplaced items and a chilling ordeal of forgetting where she lived, Alice goes to her local doctor to find help managing her symptoms.

However when Alice is referred to the Memory Dissorders Unit, she is stunned and and afraid of her damning diagnosis. Early Onset Alzheimers. With no way to treat or help prevent it further deteriorating, Alice is faced with telling her family and the guilt of a 50/50 chance of having passed it onto her children.

Alice’s job is a major part of her identity, working as a professor at Harvard as an expert in linguistics. When her dementia advances and Alice is no longer able to teach she can feel herself losing who is she is, as well as the grief of losing her mind. Scared and lonely,, Alice tries to navigate this depressing disease with a simple test. If and when she is unable to answer five personal questions, she made detailed instructions to commit suicide.

But what if she is unable to do that? How far will this disease progress and will Alice be able to express her love for her family before it’s too late? What’s harder, losing your mind or knowing it’s happeneing to you?

I loved reading this book. I worked as a nurses aid in two nursing homes and have cared for many people with varying stages and types of dementia. I found Alice to be very well written and loved how strong her marriage was. It’s truely a beautiful story that I’d recommend anyone to read. It’s also been made into a movie. If you have experienced dementia in you life either it being working with or having a loved one affected, it’s a good read for seeing how the person might be effected. I love that it’s written from the perspective of Alice who has dementia, as all other stories and help groups are for the carers and families.

4.5/5

[jwhite65]

Strategies for Overcoming Yo-Yo Dieting

The conversation between Ginny and Betsy extends to the vital role of Health and Wellness coaches in providing support, encouragement, and guidance while ensuring clients remain accountable throughout their weight loss endeavors. They also address the health risks associated with obesity, emphasizing its status as an epidemic and its correlation with long-term ailments like diabetes, heart disease, and joint complications.  Furthermore, the dialogue touches upon the intricate relationship between obesity and its impact on joint health, as well as the complexities of diabetes, including its potential link to Alzheimer's disease dubbed "Type 3 Diabetes." Ginny Howery invites listeners to reach out for coaching by contacting her via text or phone, mentioning their affiliation with Chatting with Betsy.

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His Name is Will

I used the painting "Erased Self-Portrait (1999)" by William Utermohlen and personal experiences with my grandpa to write this story. This story is mostly fiction. There was a man named Will or at least William who loved to paint.

This is a prose piece that I wrote for a media literacies class of mine. I took the class during the 2022 Fall Semester. The assignment was to take a photo and analyze it and then write a short story based on the photo. This story had to be fiction. So I used the painting “Erased Self-Portrait (1999)” by William Utermohlen and personal experiences with my grandpa to write this story. This story…

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Okay but can dogs get Alzheimer’s????

[i-do-the-draws]

Signal boost 

[brittforadayblog]

I received a horrible email today: This email was sent to me by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) a group dedicated to the conversation of our wildlife.  I sign numerous petitions in support of wildlife. About a year or so ago I signed a petition to help save one of my favorite mammals ever. The elephant.  For a while it was going great. Then today I received this email and my heart sank.  People wonder…

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35. The Notebook

Nicholas Sparks- You gotta try one Nicholas Sparks- in your life. This was the first one I did and loved. The fact that it is based on a true story just makes it more powerful.

There is nothing different about the book. It's like all the other romance novels out there. It is the hyped one though. The only thing different was Alzheimer's. Rest was repetitive. It did not make me cry. It didn't make me happy after I had read it. It was just that I had heard so much about it and wanted to read it, I read it. Nothing more to it.