Archives - Friday 14 November 2008
Updates: Alzheimer's patient missing from Fresno care facility
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 23:15 - http://www.fresnobee.com/Fresno police are searching for a 77-year-old Alzheimer's patient who walked away from an assisted care facility Friday at noon. 'Tony Prieto was last seen near the facility in the 5300 block of...
Doon Baqi: A Man Did Not Get Pregnant, Stop Lying
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 22:27 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/A woman who got pregnant, gave birth, and got pregnant again is not news, at least not in the way it is presented, and not to all of us.
Alzheimer's caregiving training sessions offered next week
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 16:38 - http://www.wbir.com/November is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregiver's Month. The Alzheimer's Association is offering caregiver training classes Monday, Nov. 17th and Tuesday,...
Former Voice of America head dies
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 16:26 - http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- 'Henry Loomis, who extended the reach of Voice of America and ran into trouble defending its independence, has died in Jacksonville, Fla. He was 89.'Loomis, who...
Protecting neurons could halt Alzheimer's, Parkinson's
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 15:24 - http://www.scienceblog.com/Researchers at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) have identified a group of chemical compounds that slow the degeneration of neurons, a condition...
Hormone Could Reverse Alzheimer And Stroke
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 15:16 - http://www.redorbit.com/SLU researchers find strategy to get it past vigilant blood-brain barrierSaint Louis University researchers have identified a novel way of getting a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease and...
Welcome To The House Of Chads [Wake Up, Deadspin!]
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 14:15 - http://deadspin.com/Why do I get the feeling that this isn't the only room in Chad Johnson's home that is full of giant portraits of himself? In a move usually reserved for Latin American dictators or advanced...
Nick Swisher acquired by Yankees from White Sox
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 13:20 - http://www.freshnews.in/NEW YORK (AP) Nick Swisher became the first part of the New York Yankees offseason makeover when he was acquired from the Chicago White Sox on Thursday in a five-player trade.''Choosing to address...
University Of Central Florida Students Use Wii And Yoga To Help Alzheimer's Patients
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 13:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/University of Central Florida students are helping people with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders through an innovative program that blends traditional therapy along with games such as the...
New research identifies key contributor to Alzheimer's disease process
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 11:03 - http://www.physorg.com/Walter J. Lukiw, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Ophthalmology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the lead author of a paper identifying, for the first time, a specific...
