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4 Things You Need to Know About a New Dementia Diagnosis – Smilecast 83

4 Things You Need to Know About a New Dementia Diagnosis The recent PBS documentary, Alzheimer’s: Every Minute Counts, sounded an alarm and a wakeup call to the devastation being caused by dementia, including Alzheimer’s. As more and more people become impacted, it’s important to help family members, including children...

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Obesity, High BP, Diabetes, Cholesterol > Alzheimer’s Risk – Smilecast 82

Findings Support Role of Vascular Disease in Development of Alzheimer’s Disease Among adults who entered a study more than 25 years ago, an increasing number of midlife vascular risk factors, such as obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol and smoking, were associated with elevated levels of brain amyloid (protein...

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Jobs After 60 – Charlotte Today

Jobs After 60 – My Segment from Charlotte Today I addressed Jobs After 60 on Charlotte Today. Here is the intro. Many people are working well beyond the traditional retirement age, partly out of necessity and partly because they still want to contribute and are not ready to retire. Whether...

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Jobs After 60 – Charlotte Today – Smilecast 81

Jobs After 60 – My Segment from Charlotte Today I addressed Jobs After 60 on Charlotte Today. Here is the intro. Many people are working well beyond the traditional retirement age, partly out of necessity and partly because they still want to contribute and are not ready to retire. Whether...

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Better Hygiene, Higher Risk of Alzheimer’s – Huh!! – Smilecast 80

Better Hygiene Linked to Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s – Hear This Out! With all the emphasis on hand hygiene to prevent infection and the whole hullababllo over hospital acquired infections comes this story. Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Department of Anthropology, University of Utah have suggested that better...

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THE BENEFITS OF GRATEFUL LIVING

Why It is Important to Show Your Gratitude (from Sixty and Me) Kristi Nelson is the executive director of a Network for Grateful Living. I was particularly interested in the topic of gratitude because – of all the traits I observe in older adults living a quality life – that...

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Caffeine Benefits – It May Fight Alzheimer’s Disease – Smilecast 79

Caffeine Benefits – May Fight Alzheimer’s? Possibly. Tau deposits, along with beta-amyloid plaques, are among the characteristic features of Alzheimer’s disease. These protein deposits disrupt the communication of the nerve cells in the brain and contribute to their degeneration. A team led by Dr. Christa E. Müller from the University...

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