Just checked google groups to make sure that there wasn't
something wrong with my news server, and there have been no posts
for 3 days!
Is everyone on vacation?

Hello group. I've not posted in a while but thought I would share and update
on my dad. I do come here every day and read the posts. It's very helpful in
keeping me grounded. When I came here back in June with a crisis you all
quickly pointed me in the right direction and gave me ...

Just found this group and thought I'd post.  I've been active over the
years in sci.med.vision and feel comfy talking about eyes and vision but
Alzheimer's... it's a different ball game.
My 86 y.o. mom has been diagnosed with Dementia, and I've heard the A

Well, it's been a few weeks and I thought I'd keep you updated....
Grandma has adjusted to Adult Daycare quite well.  She looks forward
to her volunteer job 'to help all those pitiful people'.  We've also
gotten her back into attending church with her friend-and visiting the

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oxidant stress induced by dietary iron
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Journal of Neurochemistry

Neurorescue Activity, APP Regulation and Amyloid-β Peptide Reduction
by Novel Multi-Functional Brain Permeable Iron- Chelating-
Antioxidants,M-30 and Green Tea Polyphenol, EGCG
Authors: Avramovich-Tirosh, Yael; Reznichenko, Lydia; Amit, Tamar;

Dad just turned 80 and has mid-stage AD. I've been caring for him at home
for the last 2-1/2 years and it is becoming more than I can take. I recently
had to go into the hospital myself due to atrial fibrillation which was
probably caused by stress.

My mom is in mid the late stage of Alzheimer and lives with me and my
wife. We are waiting for a placement in a nursing home which could be
anytime or take a few months.
One of the problems we have is her aggression. She may stomp around

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targets for the control of Atherosclerosis, Peripheral Vascular
Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Osteoporosis, Type 2 Diabetes,
Dementia , Alzheimer's ,Arthritis , Cancer should include inhibition

My mom has early stage Alzheimer's. She can read those Alexander McCall
Smith detective stories. They are short, colorful and somehow very
gentle stories. Does anyone have any suggestions for other books? She is
a lifelong reader. Because of some family ugliness going on, I can't ...

well mom has been having shortness of breath now and irregular heart
beats. The hospice nurse is going to sit by her side at night which I am
grateful for that. I am going down to see mom everyday. she is  at
summerville villa colima----a beautiful place and everyone seems to be

I go to visit mom as much as I can --she is stable and sits up in the
wheel chair and she doesn't say much, but she knows I am there and who I
am. This is very hard as it is a matter of time when her heart will stop
could be any time or maybe months ---the waiting is the hardest ...

new details on how formaldehyde and formic acid from methanol are
neurotoxic:  Chun Lai Nie, Rong Giao He, et al, PLoS ONE 2(7): e629
2007.07.18 Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing: Murray 20097.09.01
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Since mom passed I inherited all the old pictures...I was amazed there
was so many I had never seen...
Anyway there was this tiny little picture of my dad age around 24 taken
in 1949 in Florida...he is doing a handstand on top of the monkey