Tag Archives: Alzheimer’s Disease

The New York Times 9:00 am on March 31, 2021
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Walking and Other Aerobic Exercise May Aid the Aging Brain

Older people with mild cognitive impairment showed improvements in brain blood flow and memory after a yearlong aerobic exercise program.

#age-chronological, #alzheimers-disease, #brain, #carotid-arteries, #elderly, #exercise, #journal-of-alzheimers-disease, #memory, #university-of-texas-southwestern-medical-center

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The New York Times 9:00 am on March 26, 2021
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Learning to Love a Stepmother Through the Language of Flowers

I loved the strenuous labor, the smell of the upturned soil as I planted a seed, and learning from her how to shepherd a plant through its life cycle.

#alzheimers-disease, #dating-and-relationships, #flowers-and-plants, #gardens-and-gardening, #marriages

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The New York Times 11:00 pm on March 9, 2021
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NFL’s Concussion Settlement Will Look at Racial Bias in Payouts

Mediation in the case could force a reopening of hundreds of denied dementia claims from Black players if race-based evaluation benchmarks are thrown out.

#alzheimers-disease, #black-people, #brody-anita-b, #concussions, #davenport-najeh-1979, #discrimination, #henry-kevin-1968, #national-football-league, #race-and-ethnicity, #suits-and-litigation-civil

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 26, 2021
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How Pandemic Isolation Affected an Alzheimer’s Patient in a Nursing Home

The pandemic has stolen away the chance to surround the sister we are losing to dementia with our love, so that she does not have to face death alone.

#alzheimers-disease, #bipolar-disorder, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #families-and-family-life, #nursing-homes, #vaccination-and-immunization

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 19, 2021
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A Year of Unraveling

For the millions of Americans living with dementia, every day during this pandemic can bring a fresh horror.

#alzheimers-assn, #alzheimers-disease, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #dementia, #elder-care, #elderly, #health-insurance-and-managed-care, #national-institute-on-aging, #nursing-and-nurses, #nursing-homes

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The New York Times 5:13 pm on February 9, 2021
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Marty Schottenheimer, 77, Winning N.F.L. Coach With Four Teams, Dies

With a running attack known as Martyball, his teams won 200 regular season games and reached the playoffs 13 times but never made it to the Super Bowl.

#alzheimers-disease, #american-football-conference, #cleveland-browns, #coaches-and-managers, #deaths-obituaries, #kansas-city-chiefs, #los-angeles-chargers, #national-football-league, #playoff-games, #washington-redskins

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The New York Times 12:00 pm on February 9, 2021
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Study Finds People With Dementia Are Twice as Likely to Get Covid

The analysis of nearly 62 million electronic medical records in the U.S. also found that Black people with dementia were at an even greater risk.

#alzheimers-assn, #alzheimers-disease, #case-western-reserve-university, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #dementia, #elderly, #research, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 5:00 am on February 5, 2021
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Modern Love: The Day His Journal Went Blank

A daughter races to collect her father’s memories before Alzheimer’s can steal them away.

#alzheimers-disease, #love-emotion, #parenting

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The New York Times 7:15 pm on February 1, 2021
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Tony Bennett Reveals He Has Alzheimer’s Disease

“He’s not the old Tony anymore,” his wife, Susan, said. “But when he sings, he’s the old Tony.”

#alzheimers-assn, #alzheimers-disease, #bennett-tony, #elderly, #memory, #music, #pop-and-rock-music

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The New York Times 3:41 pm on February 1, 2021
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Alzheimer’s Prediction May Be Found in Writing Tests

IBM researchers trained artificial intelligence to pick up hints of changes in language ahead of the onset of neurological diseases.

#alzheimers-disease, #artificial-intelligence, #dementia, #international-business-machines-corporation, #mental-health-and-disorders, #research, #tests-medical

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The New York Times 4:10 pm on January 11, 2021
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Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s Drug Shows Promise in Small Trial

Participants with the disease still declined, but much more slowly than those receiving a placebo, investigators say.

#alzheimers-disease, #clinical-trials, #donanemab, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #eli-lilly-and-company, #research

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The New York Times 11:56 pm on December 29, 2020
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Nursing Home Patients Are Dying of Loneliness

As the vaccine rolls out in nursing homes, more visits should be allowed.

#alzheimers-disease, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #elder-care, #elderly, #loneliness, #nursing-homes, #quarantine-life-and-culture

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The New York Times 10:00 am on December 11, 2020
Tags: Aliria Rosa Piedrahita de Villegas, Alzheimer's Disease, , , , , , Lopera, Francisco, , , , University of Antioquia, ,   

Alzheimer’s Researchers Study a Rare Brain

A woman in Colombia with a rare genetic mutation recently made the ultimate donation to science.

#aliria-rosa-piedrahita-de-villegas, #alzheimers-disease, #boston-mass, #brain, #dementia, #genetics-and-heredity, #harvard-university, #lopera-francisco, #massachusetts-general-hospital, #medellin-colombia, #research, #university-of-antioquia, #your-feed-health, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:00 am on November 13, 2020
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Singing My Dad Back to Me

For a moment, songs let us share the same space in our minds, though it’s only as temporary as the memory occupying his.

#alzheimers-disease, #elderly, #families-and-family-life, #memory, #music, #parenting

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The New York Times 10:00 am on November 6, 2020
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Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug Faces Critical Test Before F.D.A. Panel

If ultimately approved, the drug, aducanumab, made by Biogen, would be the first new Alzheimer’s treatment in nearly two decades. Some evidence suggests it slows, but does not stop, cognitive decline.

#alzheimers-disease, #biogen-inc, #clinical-trials, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #food-and-drug-administration, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 1:31 am on October 31, 2020
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Nursing Homes, Racked by the Virus, Face a New Crisis: Isolation

Nursing homes set restrictions to lower risks, but Covid-19 has continued spreading in some homes, and residents are now grappling with consequences from isolation.

#alzheimers-disease, #american-health-care-assn, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #deaths-fatalities, #depression-mental, #disease-rates, #elder-care, #elderly, #kirkland-wash, #loneliness, #nursing-homes

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 28, 2020
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Living in Noisy Neighborhoods May Raise Your Dementia Risk

As community noise levels increased, so did the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

#alzheimers-disease, #dementia, #elderly, #noise

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The New York Times 4:57 pm on October 23, 2020
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Everywhere at the End of Time (Musical Work), Kirby, Leyland James,   

Why Are TikTok Teens Listening to an Album About Dementia?

Creepypasta meets esoterica in an ongoing meme.

#alzheimers-disease, #everywhere-at-the-end-of-time-musical-work, #kirby-leyland-james, #tiktok-bytedance

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The New York Times 11:29 pm on October 20, 2020
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The Pandemic’s Real Toll? 300,000 Deaths, and It’s Not Just From the Coronavirus

A C.D.C. analysis finds that overall death rates have risen, particularly among young adults and people of color.

#alzheimers-disease, #black-people, #centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #deaths-fatalities, #diabetes, #heart, #jama-journal-of-american-medical-assn, #millennial-generation, #minorities, #native-americans, #statistics, #united-states, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 2:31 pm on October 14, 2020
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Having Dementia Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Vote

Yes, you can help a cognitively impaired person participate in the election. But heed these two guidelines.

#absentee-voting, #alzheimers-disease, #content-type-service, #dementia, #disabilities, #elderly, #nursing-homes, #presidential-election-of-2020, #retirement-communities-and-assisted-living, #voter-registration-and-requirements, #your-feed-health, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 4:00 am on August 28, 2020
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Will They See Me as a Son, a Daughter or a Stranger?

Thirteen years ago, my parents tried to wish away my gender transition. Now, Alzheimer’s threatens to erase their memory of me altogether.

#alzheimers-disease, #love-emotion, #memory, #transgender-and-transsexuals

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The New York Times 8:40 pm on August 11, 2020
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, , , Simpson, ShawnDya L, Tembeckjian, Robert H   

Judge Agrees to Retire After Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

Judge ShawnDya L. Simpson, 54, agreed to step down after the Commission on Judicial Conduct determined her behavior in court was “erratic and at times intemperate.”

#alzheimers-disease, #appointments-and-executive-changes, #commission-on-judicial-conduct-nys, #simpson-shawndya-l, #tembeckjian-robert-h

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The New York Times 8:25 pm on August 3, 2020
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Dementia on the Retreat in the U.S. and Europe

Rates of dementia have steadily fallen over the past 25 years, a new study finds. But the disease is increasingly common in some parts of the world.

#alzheimers-disease, #blood-pressure, #dementia, #disease-rates, #elderly, #harvard-university, #neurology-journal, #united-states

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The New York Times 5:21 pm on July 28, 2020
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‘Amazing, Isn’t It?’ Long Sought Blood Test for Alzheimer’s in Reach

Scientists say such tests could be available in a few years, speeding research for treatments and providing a diagnosis for dementia patients who want to know if they have Alzheimer’s disease.

#alzheimers-assn, #alzheimers-disease, #clinical-trials, #dementia, #eli-lilly-and-company, #frontotemporal-dementia, #journal-of-the-american-medical-assn, #lund-university, #research, #tests-medical, #university-of-california-san-francisco, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 6:12 pm on July 20, 2020
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Trump Says He ‘Aced’ a Cognitive Test. What Does That Really Mean?

Experts say one popular test that the president might have taken is by no means definitive, or even diagnostic.

#alzheimers-disease, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #dementia, #elderly, #memory, #presidential-election-of-2020, #tests-medical, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government, #your-feed-elections, #your-feed-health, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 3:46 pm on July 4, 2020
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I Miss My Father’s Mind

Was he one of the hidden victims of the coronavirus pandemic?

#alzheimers-disease, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #dementia, #loneliness, #therapy-and-rehabilitation

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The New York Times 9:03 pm on June 26, 2020
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Pride Through Repetition

Coming out repeatedly to my grandmother with Alzheimer’s allowed me to fully embrace my queer identity.

#alzheimers-disease, #dating-and-relationships, #families-and-family-life, #grandparents, #homosexuality-and-bisexuality

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The New York Times 6:30 pm on May 9, 2020
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Losing My Mom to Alzheimer’s, Then Finding Her Again

I wish someone had told me about the beauty that waited at the end of this journey.

#alzheimers-disease, #families-and-family-life

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The New York Times 5:36 pm on April 21, 2020
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, , , , Harper, Lynn Casteel, On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear (Book)   

Dementia Patients Aren’t in Their ‘Perfect Mind.’ Then Again, Who Is?

In “On Vanishing,” Lynn Casteel Harper argues that society needs a better approach to understand and care for people who are suffering cognitive decline.

#alzheimers-disease, #books-and-literature, #dementia, #elder-care, #harper-lynn-casteel, #on-vanishing-mortality-dementia-and-what-it-means-to-disappear-book

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The New York Times 9:59 pm on April 11, 2020
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My Father Didn’t Have Covid-19, but He Almost Died Because of It

Dad was fading and the hospital seemed like the most dangerous option. What was I supposed to do?

#alzheimers-disease, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #elder-care, #elderly, #haifa-israel, #hospitals, #nursing-homes

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