There is a new study for Alzheimer’s treatment opening across the county, and it’s exciting for many reasons. The T2 Protect AD Study (Troriluzole Trial for Alzheimer’s Disease) is unique because it focuses on people already affected by the disease- ...
Read More »Behavior-Based Ergonomics Therapies- A Good Thing
When I developed the Head, Hands, Heart Dementia Assessment System ten years ago, I had no idea that I was really developing a behavior-based ergonomic tool. I thought I was using my occupational therapy background to flush out function amidst cognitive ...
Read More »Caregiver Strain Index – Where Do You Rate?
Guest Post by Mike Good, Together In This Life has a way of sneaking up on us, consuming our personal time and energy to the point where the strain fractures our mental and physical well-being. We find ourselves so busy ...
Read More »Sleep: Putting the Brain Through the Dishwasher
This just makes sense. Sleep is renewing and necessary. Listen to Jon Hamilton discuss new research on NPR. Read more about it here.
Read More »Pesticides and Alzheimer’s
It seems the adverse effects of DDT, and its cousin and byproduct DDE, may extend beyond birth defects and cancer. According to a new study in JAMA Neurology, people with the APOE gene may be more susceptible to the effects ...
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