As Bad as Alzheimer’s?
Read moreI have talked a fair bit about Alzheimer’s disease and you can probably cite from memory that every 67 seconds another new case of Alzheimer’s is diagnosed in the United States. The sum total of all this translates into...
March 26, 201900Pet Pals Trip Up: Older Friends Take the Fall
Read moreThere were 39 million injury-related visits to the emergency room last year according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And 300,000 of those were hip fractures in 65+ year old adults that resulted in a hospital...
March 19, 2019Add One More to the Dementia List
Read moreIn my past two postings, I know it may have sounded a bit bleak that we don’t have any FDA-approved therapies that can really address the underlying cause of the cognitive decline that is associated with dementia. That said,...
March 12, 2019Alzheimer’s Update – Part 2
Read moreThis is the second in my two-part update on what we know about Alzheimer’s disease. There are more than 3,000 registered clinical trials focusing on Alzheimer’s disease with the FDA currently. Yet, there remain only four approved medications (plus...
March 5, 2019An Alzheimer’s Update – Part 1
Read moreYou have heard from me before about how there is a new Alzheimer’s Disease diagnosis in America every 67 seconds…about one a minute every day and every night! According to medical professionals it is becoming even more prevalent worldwide. ...
February 26, 2019Midlife Inflammation Leads to Cognitive Decline
Read moreYou have to start early to ward off Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of cognitive decline. It seems to be a fairly universal rule that it is far easier to prevent most medical problems than it is to “cure”...
February 19, 2019Seven Reasons to Not Ignore Valentine’s Day
Read moreWho thinks it’s a good idea to just blow off Valentine’s Day? I am guessing not many hands will go up for that idea…some might even say that their spouse will kill them if they don’t bring forth at...
February 12, 2019When Being Down is Not Just a Feeling
Read moreWe have all heard that pride goes before a fall. It turns out that feeling down often precedes falling down as well…at least for older adults. For a number of years, there has been a well-founded suspicion among health...
February 5, 2019