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5 Reasons Why You Should Understand Caregiver Stress – Smilecast 87

5 Reasons Why You Should Understand Caregiver Stress Caregiver stress – a topic often left unspoken, particularly with the emotions involved. Most especially for family caregivers, with guilt and confusion settling in when the line of duty and personal time seems to blur. As such, identifying several reasons on why...

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John Mills is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit

John Mills is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit John is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit. John and his wife, Susan Baida, founded eCareDiary in 2011 to provide tools, content and services for family caregivers. eCareDiary’s cloud-based service allows caregivers to manage day to day health needs by tracking appointments...

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Bad Diets Causing Death; Fewer Overweight Trying to Exercise – Smilecast 86

Dietary Factors Associated with Substantial Proportion of Deaths from Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes. Fewer Overweight Adults Report Trying to Lose Weight. Nearly half of all deaths due to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes in the U.S. in 2012 were associated with sub-optimal dietary habits and being overweight,...

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Poor Sleep and Alzheimer’s Implications-Video

Poor Sleep May Be Early Sign of Alzheimer’s Poor sleep may be a sign that people who are otherwise healthy may be more at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life than people who do not have sleep problems, according to a study published in Neurology®, the medical journal...

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Glaucoma Treatment – B3 May Be the Answer – Smilecast 85

Glaucoma Treatment – B3 May Be the Answer In mice genetically predisposed to glaucoma, vitamin B3 added to drinking water is effective at glaucoma treatment, a research team led by Jackson Laboratory Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Simon W.M. John reports in the journal Science. Glaucoma is one of the most common neurodegenerative...

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Music Therapy Improves Dementia Symptoms – Try My Concerts at Home-Video

Music Therapy Through One on One Concerts Personalized music therapy may help decrease antipsychotic use and improve dementia symptoms in individuals with dementia according to a new study in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. “Results from this study offer the first evidence that the M&M individualized...

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