hemoglobin [hemo + L. globus, globe]
The iron-containing pigment of red blood cells that carries oxygen from
the lungs to the tissues.  The amount of hemoglobin in the blood
averages 16 g/100 ml in women, 14 to 18 g/100 ml in men.  Hemoglobin

There is a web page explaining what is known about heredity and
late onset AD at:
http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session3/7/Genetics.htm
I had thought there was no genetic connection in late AD, but

mom lives just 3 houses up from me. So I went home to feed my cat and
dog and do a few little things. the next thing I know is my doorbell is
ringing. Mom was standing there telling me she accidentally locked
herself out of the house. so I told her she has an extra key on the

please tell me no it is not!!!!!!
I already told both my sons while I am of sound body and mind, that if I
should get it ---to put me in a home, I would never burden them with
this awful disease.

This theory claims that a brain is like a muscle, and that old people
tend to turn away from
things that were once easy and are now hard. As the simplest of brain
functions become

This study is intended to help us understand people's knowledge about
the Alzheimer disease, its causes and genetic testing.
The study will be one on-one interviews conducted in the city of
Philadelphia by a MBA consultant from The Wharton School. We are

the other day I had trouble with her, she was giving me a bad time about
having the caregiver from hospice come in to bathe her. she told me that
she can bathe self and not to have these people come here anymore. I
told okay you can tell them yourself. when the caregiver came she ...

I am not sure if it is old age or alzhemiers but her appetite is not all
that great.
she does eat a very good breakfast but for lunch and dinner eats little
bits of food, I do not push her to eat as she has not lost any more

I have to try and trick her into going like on mondays she can get her
hair done there and I tell she has to go to the hairdressers and then I
leave her there telling her I have to go to work and will pick her up
later.

just from reading a lot of posts , I am learning the best way to handle
mom is to agree and sort of ignore what she keeps saying . I finally am
learning it is best not to get myself upset by trying to argue with her.
It has taken me long enough to learn this is the best way. maybe I

am I crazy or what??? but to me I notice when mom eats a lot of choc
(which I do not give to often) she seems to get more agitated and
restless. Is it the choc or my imagination?
JJ

I am a caregiver for my mother who has dementia and alzheimers
not sure any more but I am going crazy trying to help her .
please let me know if this is the place to vent and get advice.
thanks JJ

sorry for all the questions but I sure could use a lot of answers and
advice.
thanks JJ

My mother seems to get more parnoid at night she goes to bed and must
get up at least 2 or 3 times to see if the doors are locked.
I think she has what they call sundowners but by giving her that mild
sleeping pill she seems to stay in bed the whole night.