Ohio State University
Chronic stress can steal years from caregivers' lifetimes
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-09/osu-csc091807.php
COLUMBUS , Ohio – The chronic stress that spouses and children develop

Don't know why my last post showed up twice.  I only sent it once.
Gwen
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Most people work just hard enough not

To those that remember me, howdy.  To those that don't...
I see some things here never change, just the names, and faces.
It has bee a couple of years since Ruth passed away, and I have been
rebuilding my life.  To those of you that are still caregiving the end will

Well I couldn't take it anymore.   I have a brother that doesn't visit his
mother.   A couple of years ago he remarried a very nice lady who is a
nurse.   She did help him through his denial and I'm sure encourages him to
acknowledge Mom's birthday etc.   He really doesn't like ...

Now pentoxifylline is used to lower red blood cell production in
transplant patients.
It is mere coincidence it is used in asthma another disease with
increased red blood cell production ..

http://content.the-jci.org/articles/view/31547
Valsartan lowers brain beta-amyloid protein levels and improves spatial
learning in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease
Jun Wang, Lap Ho, Linghong Chen, Zhong Zhao, Wei Zhao, Xianjuan Qian,

My mother was moved into assisted living by my sister a couple of
weeks ago, and it appears my sister basically took away her Apple Mac
computer that had internet (free dial up). My mother is 80, just
diagnosed with *early* stage Alz, is on aracept, and has voiced to me

That's what a group of researchers seem to believe.  This article is
brought
to you via a friend of mine who subscribes to Science News Online.  I
was

I just thought that I would let some of you know about nursing homes
in Mexico. I moved my mom to one in Ensenada, Mexico. The home is very
nice and the people there are very caring. She is in the final stages
of Alzheimer's. For economic and quality of care reasons, I moved her

13,620 seniors using more than 1 can/week artificially sweetened
[aspartame] soft drinks had 8 % higher death risk, 1981-2004, Paganini-
Hill A, Kawas CH, Corrada MM, U. Southern Cal., Prev. Med. 2007 April
44(4) 305-10: Murray 2007.10.12

I have been shaking and upset for the last few hours....I just have to
get this out...hope yall dont mind
Today was my dads birthday so I thought it would be nice if I took mom
to see him and spend some time with him...I sang Happy Bday to him and

Is nasty a part of alzheimers?  My mom is undergoing a series of tests
to try to find out exactly what her problem is, but lately she is
becoming more agressive and nasty in her interactions with family.
She's always had a bit of a mean/nasty streak in her around family, esp.

Montgomery County Junior Miss ( the first step to America's Junior Miss) was
held here in Montgomery this weekend.  The contestants spent nearly all day
Saturday with the judges where they interviewed individually with the five
judges.  Then the first presentation to the public was ...

I told Mom I was going on vacation to Europe, Czech Republic, Germany,
Austria etc. about a week ago.   I figured she would forget but sometimes
she doesn't forget.   I was over visiting and she mentioned aren't you going
on vacation soon?  I said yes in a few days.   Then she ...