4 - Alzheimers

Pathologists breakdown threatens cases 
An untold number of criminal cases have been thrown into jeopardy by an Alabama forensic pathologists breakdown, according to Associated Press interviews with prosecutors and defense attorneys.

Mind Matters: Depression can creep in through many different doors 
Why do people get depressed? Depression occurs for a variety of reasons. It can develop in response to a specific situation or life event, such as loss of a loved one, disappointment in career or plans, or any major stressor.

Steven Weber: The Whole World’s Mad, Save Me and Thee… 
So really, one must be labelled as emotionally distraught to be against the war in Iraq? Indeed, “not being in one’s right mind” has always been cited in the W for Dummies handbook (a titularly redundant and alarmingly slim volume) as the root cause of anyone’s aversion to the policies posited by the current administration. As the once ubiquitous but now strangely elusive Dr. Frist himself …

Need help with Mom and Dad? 
MARION - Mom or Dad can still take care of their personal hygiene needs but have a habit of falling or putting lunch on to cook and then forgetting about it. Or maybe it’s just a little companionship that is called for as they face the later years in life.

Local play takes on family struggles 
Shakespeare’s King Lear - at war with his children and struggling with his waning faculties - represents one of theater’s most famous senior citizens.

Heart attack leads to grandpa’s depression 
Dear Dr. Gott: Recently, my grandfather had a heart attack. It was unexpected because he’s one of the healthiest men anyone could ever encounter. He went through bypass surgery, and the doctor claims that he has organs as healthy as a young man’s.

Movie Review: 964 Pinocchio  
The opening montage to Shojin Fukuis 964 Pinocchio , consisting as it does of rapid cross-cutting between a sterile hospital corridor, a badly-lit lobotomy, and a lesbian sex romp, is perfectly conducive to setting the tone of what is a suitably bizarre film. Like a hyperactive kid fed a vat of speed, this introduction establishes the sense of relentless acceleration that exemplifies the …

Flowers, Not Fanfare, for Brooke Astors 105th 
This years birthday celebration for the philanthropist will be low-key.

Your Week Calendar 
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N.C. looking into Medicare scam 
Aggressive insurance salesmen offering alternative Medicare policies have persuaded hundreds of older people across North Carolina to replace their traditional coverage with private insurance that may cost more and do less.

The mind’s missing pieces 
Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, author of a new book on midlife memory loss, discusses new discoveries about Alzheimer’s disease, foods that feed the brain, and the curative powers of ballroom dancing.

Developer proposes senior living complex in Byron 
BYRON — When seniors in small cities start needing additional care, it can often mean having to leave their hometowns. “(Seniors) want to be with their friends. T

Japan faces mass retirements of `boomers’ 
TOKYO - The first of Japan’s postwar baby boomers have just begun to pack their briefcases and bags and walk out the office door into retirement. It has demographers and social scientists worried.

Obituaries 

Free Educational Forum for Alzheimer’s Family Caregivers: Living with Dementia and Making Each Day Count 
A Town Hall Forum titled, “Living with Dementia and Making Each Day Count” is being held Thursday, April 26th, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Mission Valley. This free educational forum for family caregivers will address the issues facing families caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s Disease. A panel that includes an internist, geriatric psychiatrist …

In brief 

Center Blends Study of Dementia With Care; Latino Geriatric Facility Focuses on Concerns of Specific Group 
By GEORGIA PABST A first-of-its-kind facility offering aging Latinos with dementia and early signs of Alzheimer’s a range of programs and services specifically suited to Spanish-speaking seniors opens today.

SAN FRANCISCO / Hospital fined $100,000 in patient death 
State officials have fined San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital $100,000 for the death last October of an 82-year-old woman suffering from dementia. Hui Su was found collapsed in front of the convalescent and long-term care hospital on Oct. 30, 2006….

State hospital worker charged with assaulting patient 
Police say employee hit and kicked patient. An Austin State Hospital employee has been charged with injuring a disabled patient after police said he kicked the patient in the stomach and threw him on the ground.

Hard to tell who is backing whom 
As the April 17 election approaches, endorsements are becoming a heated issue in Rolling Meadows. The husband of former 3rd Ward Alderman Suzanne Jungmann isnt happy with one of those endorsements the one on mayoral hopeful John DAstices Web site.

Timely Tax Tips 
It is the height of the tax season as this column goes to press, and an appropriate time to remind seniors about certain benefits to which they may be entitled under the Internal Revenue Code. Seniors and taxpayers in general, need to keep abreast of the changes in the tax laws if they are to take full advantage of the deductions and credits that are available to them.

Attempted Murder Trial Delayed By Commitment 
FAYETTEVILLE — The attempted capital murder trial of a man charged in the shooting of a Winslow hair stylist more than a year ago is off, pending his release from a mental institution.

Alzheimers vaccine effective on mice 
Japanese scientists have developed an oral vaccine for Alzheimers disease that has proven effective and safe in mice, the director of a research institute behind the project said.

Five facts about aging 
1. Mounting health risk: Alzheimers disease now surpasses diabetes, influenza and pneumonia as a cause of death for people age 65 and older, according to the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics. Being in poor physical shape may increase the risk for dementia and Alzheimers disease, researchers at the Group Health Center for Health Studies in Seattle recently found.