Miscellaneous Studies Archive

  • Seniors Leading Social Networking

    Posted on September 10, 2010 | No Comments
    While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools. Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled—from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in...

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  • Trial and Error

    Posted on September 8, 2010 | No Comments
    Clinical trials offer hope. For devastating illnesses like Alzheimer’s and dementia, cures and symptom relief is the Holy Grail for many researchers. Today there are more than 100 research studies pertaining to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. All of these studies are underway and recruiting...

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  • Your Brain on Gadgets

    Posted on September 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Digital Overload: Your Brain On Gadgets Article from NPR.org August 24, 2010 The average person today consumes almost three times as much information as what the typical person consumed in 1960, according to research at the University of California, San Diego. And The New York Times reports that the...

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  • Yoga’s Newest Fans, Elderly Benefits of Yoga

    Posted on September 2, 2010 | No Comments
     Article from the New York Times By DALE RUSSAKOFF Richard Perry/The New York Times A yoga class at the RAIN Inwood Senior Center in New York, led by a substitute teacher, Jennifer Block.   The 18 men and women slowly climbing the steps to their yoga class at RAIN...

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  • Cognasium? Brain Games Prove Helpful

    Posted on August 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Silverado Senior Living – Calabasas offers this same computer system for its resident’s with memory impairment. Interesting article explaining how it makes a difference for seniors.   Original article from www.alzheimersweekly.com : SALT LAKE CITY — Researchers have discovered the brain, as it passes middle age, actually gets better at...

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  • Spinal Fluid Test Diagnoses Alzheimer’s Disease

    Posted on August 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Researchers report that a spinal fluid test can be 100 percent accurate in identifying patients with significant memory loss who are on their way to developing Alzheimer’s disease. Published: August 9, 2010, NY TImes : By GINA KOLATA                                                 Although there has been increasing evidence of the value of...

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  • Grapes of Wrath, for Alzheimer’s?

    Posted on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
    Study shows red grapes can distinguish between eliminating good versus bad proteins in Alzheimer’s disease. Man can’t hold a candle to Mother Nature. In fact many scientists would agree that we understand more about outer space than we do our own planet. Plants, which sprout...

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  • These Hips Don’t Lie

    Posted on July 21, 2010 | 4 Comments
    Women come in many different shapes and sizes. The way we look and how much we weigh are common topics in the news media. In magazines our figures are often compared to fruit shapes, dividing us into categories of apples and pears. While the information...

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  • Can you eat to starve cancer?

    Can you eat to starve cancer?

    Posted on June 29, 2010 | 2 Comments
    When it comes to understanding disease and cancer, Dr. William Li uses the quote, “Discovery is everyone looking at the same thing, and seeing something different.” In his speech at this years TED conference, Dr. Li shares his “idea worth spreading.” His easy to understand...

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  • To Drive Or Not To Drive….With Dementia?

    Posted on May 26, 2010 | 2 Comments
    After helping my grandfather put his leg in the car, a little red flag when up in my head. I thought to my twelve-year-old-self, “Wait a minute, how is he going to drive if he needs help getting his leg in the car?” Reluctant to...

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  • Great tip for Caregivers of the Memory Impaired: Listen to Your Elders!

    Posted on April 29, 2010 | No Comments
    While someone suffering from memory impairment might not recognize who you are they might be able to pass along valuable advice. A study from the University of Florida showed, that our elders have a wealth of knowledge which can still be reached even with memory...

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  • A Good Book: People with Alzheimer’s can enjoy reading too!

    Posted on April 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Article from NY Times: April 22, 2010, 9:00 am Many Alzheimer’s Patients Find Comfort in Books By MILT FREUDENHEIM Familiar music can engage those with Alzheimer’s when almost nothing else can, researchers have shown. Now it appears that books written for these patients may have a similar effect. Researchers have...

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  • A Burger, fries and Alzheimer’s?

    Posted on April 12, 2010 | No Comments
    A bacon ranch cheese burger with a side of salty French fries and 24 ounces of cool carbonated cola is a common lunch and dinner meal for millions of Americans each day. While many of us know these high calorie and fat packed meals aren’t...

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  • Alzheimer’s Report for 2010

    Posted on March 15, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Complete Article from Alzheimer’s Weekly: There are 5.3 million Americans living with the disease and every 70 seconds someone in America develops Alzheimer’s disease. By mid-century someone will develop Alzheimer’s every 33 seconds. In 2010, there will be a half million new cases of Alzheimer’s, and...

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  • Sleep to be Smart!

    Posted on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s still dark out when my alarm flashes the time and starts making a screeching sound that I have grown to believe is pure evil.  It’s 5:30 in the morning and I need to be to work in an hour. This is the third night...

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