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Juggling caregiving, family, and a career can stretch a caregiver almost to the limit. This leads into one reason for having a home business…you’re able to care for the family member without punching a time clock at a job. You’re not juggling your work-away-from-home schedule with caring for them.
Katelyn at Life Without Memories gives us advantages (and disadvantages) for working […]
Here’s a quick list of interesting articles about Alzheimer’s Disease that I discovered around cyberspace this week:
Exploring connections between lead poisoning and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
Alzheimer’s Update: Chinese Herb Club Moss and Marijuana
Drinking juice may delay onset of Alzheimer’s disease
Diabetes associated with increased risk of mild cognitive impairment
Exercise Makes People Smarter, Slows Alzheimer’s, Reduces […]
This from NASCAR.com - ‘NASCAR driver Michael Waltrip has partnered with The Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation to launch the “Waltrip Challenge“, a nationwide fundraising competition for Alzheimer’s disease research.’
The Waltrip Challenge offers fans the opportunity to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and also raise money for Alzheimer’s research.
Fans can register for the challenge […]
I came across an interesting article in the local paper the other day about how Playstation 3 owners are being offered the chance to participate in a supercomputer project.
So I did a little research and discovered that gamers can connect their Playstation 3 into the Stanford University’s supercomputer which is working to unfold complext protein […]
Being a long distance caregiver has its difficulties and frustrations. I lived 275 miles from Mother and Auntie (really not a long distance compared with some). However, I couldn’t be with them all the time to oversee their care, make sure Auntie didn’t wander (her Alzheimer’s was more advanced at that time), take care of […]
Knowing what to do when someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease is hard enough. But what if you live thousands of miles away and cannot get home? Trying to figure out what to do, how to help, and what resources are available can be extremely stressful. But there are a number of guides available to […]
Yvonne Russell’s interview, Part 3, with Alzheimer’s Notes co-author, Liz Lewis, appears on Grow Your Writing Business today. Liz explains how, because of her nursing background, it made sense to become involved in the health writing field because that’s where her knowledge lies.
Liz also writes about travel, but discovered this opportunity to write with me at Alzheimer’s […]
Can Fish Oil Starve Off Alzheimer’s Disease - the question of whether DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), a fish oil, can slow the progress of Alzheimer’s Disease is the subject of a nationwide trial…
Alzheimer’s Vaccine Works on Mice - Takeshi Tabira, director f the National Institute for Longevity Sciences, announced last week that Japanese scientists have created […]
Alzheimer’s Notes, and the other Science & Health Channel bloggers were featured in the b5media spotlight this week. During their theme day, the bloggers dealt with global issues in their fields.
Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei mentioned aiming “to save the world through information. You can’t do any better than learning more about science and health.”
“Stop thinking only […]
Liz’s post about curry and Alzheimer’s was mentioned by Gloria Gamat in PharmaGazette as an interesting and information-rich post found in her blogosphere. Liz wrote about A Curry a Day to Keep Alzheimer’s Away for Alzheimer’s Notes the other day.
She mentioned that research has indicated the possibility of curry and tumeric helping to fight Alzheimer’s and gave some […]
Encouraging Alzheimer's caregivers from someone who's been there.
Written by Mary Emma Allen [email] for b5media.
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