In a program designed by IBM, I am donating the spare, unused power of
my HOME computer for medical research -- power that would just be WASTED
if it wasn't donated.  Even while I write this message, my computer is
helping find a cure for all sorts of diseases such as Alzheimer's, ...

A couple of months ago on a perfectly normal day for my mom she choked
at supper time.She was choking up tons of phelgm.I had to call an
ambulance.Within about an hour the hospital said her chest had filled up
with fluids.Congestive heart failure.Is it possible for that to come on

Is, or has anyone here been a multi-year full-time caregiver for an alz
family member in a small southern town where you have no "kinfolk" or
life long friends.  I moved here to Kinfolkville, Arkinsaw from outside
of the south in my early 40's.  I tried very hard to make friends ...

I see I had my last name in some earlier posts.  I'm guessing that is
all permanent public record now.  Is there any way to change that?  I
googled and found some stuff I would rather not have out there ... but
it is probably too late ... anyway ... something for all to keep in

My dad had almost got sucked into setting up a trust for several thousand
dollars, but I managed to talk him out of it and he got his money back.  Now
he won't go forward and get something done with local attorneys.  He filled
out paperwork for estate planning but he doesn't think ...

Reduction of iron-regulated amyloid precursor protein and beta-amyloid
peptide by (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate in cell cultures:
implications for iron chelation in Alzheimer's disease.
Reznichenko L, Amit T, Zheng H, Avramovich-Tirosh Y, Youdim MB, Weinreb

Crotonaldehyde accumulates in glial cells of Alzheimer's disease brain.
Kawaguchi-Niida M, Shibata N, Morikawa S, Uchida K, Yamamoto T, Sawada
T, Kobayashi M
Acta Neuropathol (Berl). 2006 Mar 15;

Is, or has anyone here been a multi-year full-time caregiver for an alz
family member in a small southern town where you have no "kinfolk" or
life long friends.  I am referring here to the inland south and not the
Atlantic Coast states.  I moved here to Kinfolkville, Southernstate

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high accumulation of iron in brain tissue
causes oxidative damage and formation of plaques found in age-related
neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer disease

well...sort of off topic.... I've been (reluctantly) on strike for the last
3 weeks - which means, of course, I've been home doing the caregiver thing
more than usual!
strike is over; I get to go back to work on Monday!  This is a very good

My mom is in a clinical trial for Alzemed but I don't think she's
getting the real drug. Does anyone have anyone they care for in this
trial who is showing an improvement in their condition?

Boy my mom today.UGHHh   She does not know how to walk today but wants
to get up continually.Tomorrow may be different but today has been
taxing.She has been very anxious all day.Is there anything i can do for
those days when she is like this.Something i can give her to relax her

Haven't popped in here with a post in a good while. Meant to do that
more after I got my old computer online and I could autoquote;but
haven't got that done yet.
Have been reading a bit in here now and then and enjoying that though.

Patients who are diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease and have been taking
cholesterol-lowering statin drugs (Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor, Pravachol, etc.)
should insist that their doctors rule out statin adverse effects as the
cause of the memory loss.

Does anyone know why a UTI affects the elderly so bad?My mom has one now
and she will be in an almost coma like sleep.Can hardly wake her up.Its
been this way before when she had a UTI.It must really hit them
hard.Ty,Barb