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3 hrs ago | New Delhi News.Net

Is god a brothel keeper, wonders ex-law minister and triggers row

Former union law minister Ram Jethmalani Saturday kicked up a row at an international conference on terrorism, asking if Islam's jehadi doctrine does not virtually render 'god a brothel keeper', prompting a Saudi Arabian envoy to walk out of the conference.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Health, Pratibha Patil

11 hrs ago | MediLexicon

Poor Dementia Care In Hospitals Costing Lives And Hundreds Of Millions, UK

People with dementia - who occupy a quarter of all hospital beds - are staying far longer in hospital than people without the condition who go in for the same treatment at a cost of hundreds of millions of pounds to the NHS, an Alzheimer's Society report found today .

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Related Topix: Health, Nursing, Medicine

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Hartford Courant

Farmington: Talk And Exhibition on Realities of Aging & Alzheimers And Realities of Aging,

Talk And Exhibition on Realities of Aging & Alzheimers And Realities of Aging, Submitted by Nancy Helle, Farmington Library & Donald Axleroad, artist, on 2009-11-19.   Three exhibitions are showcasing the work of award-winning artist Donald Axleroad at the Farmington Library through November 27.

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Related Topix: Health, Farmington, CT, Medicine, Dementia

Health Scout

Link Between Alzheimer's and Heart Failure

New evidence supports a link between Alzheimer's disease and chronic heart failure, two of the ten leading causes of death in the United States.

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Related Topix: Health

Thu Nov 19, 2009

OfficialWire

Alzheimer's Brain Changes Studied

U.S. medical scientists say they've developed a fast and accurate method for quantifying subtle brain structure changes occurring in Alzheimer's patients.

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Related Topix: Health, UC San Diego

Mayo Clinic

Memory screening can be a good thing, but not for everyone

Angela Lunde is a dementia education specialist in the education core of Mayo Clinic's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Abigail Van Buren Alzheimer's Disease Research Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Dementia, Health, Rochester Metro, Rochester, MN

Newswise

Cognitive Dysfunction Reversed in Mouse Model of Down's Syndrome

A study by neuroscientist William C. Mobley, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues at Stanford University Medical School has demonstrated a possible new approach to slowing the inevitable progression of cognitive decline found in Down's syndrome.

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Related Topix: UC San Diego, Medicine, Dementia, Health

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Science Daily

Molecular Trigger Helps Prevent Aging and Disease

The study examines how dietary restriction and a high-caloric diet influence biochemical responses.

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Related Topix: Geriatric Medicine, Medicine, Biology, Science

OfficialWire

November Is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month

Alzheimer's is a brain disorder that is often associated with age. It is believed that over a half of a million Americans show symptoms of Alzheimer's and Dementia in their 30s, 40, or 50s.

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Related Topix: Health

ClipSyndicate

Local seniors take advantage of a free memory screening

Alzheimer's disease afflicts 20 thousand Western Massachusetts men and women. A memory screening could reveal tell tale signs.

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Related Topix: Health, Video

Canada.com

Eat well for your heart and reap a brain bonus

Nutritionist Melanie Rozwadowski says the best brain foods are available at the supermarket in their raw, fibre-filled form.

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Related Topix: Circulation, Medicine, Health, Life, Food, Nutrition, North America, Canada, World News,

PhysOrg Weblog

Analyzing structural brain changes in Alzheimer's disease

Serial MRI brain scans, taken six months apart, show progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease, with significant atrophy and ventricle enlargement .

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Related Topix: UC San Diego

Tue Nov 17, 2009

KOLN-TV Lincoln

Going High-Tech to Track Alzheimer's Patients

Keeping track of Alzheimer's patients is going high-tech. The Alzheimer's Association is adapting technology developed for monitoring prisoners to let caregivers track where their loved ones drive or walk -- and alert them if they go beyond the virtual fences each family can set.

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Related Topix: Health

ClipSyndicate

National memory screening day

It's estimated that 4.5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease and that number is increasing at a fast rate with aging baby boomers.

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Related Topix: Health, Video

Wausau Daily Herald

Aspirus holds memory screenings

The Aspirus Memory Clinic will hold free memory screenings on Tuesday for anyone who wants to check the status of their memory.

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Related Topix: Health, Wausau, WI, Wausau Metro

Hampshire Chronicle

Call over care of dementia patients

People with dementia are staying far too long in hospital, which is causing them to deteriorate, according to a report.

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Related Topix: Health

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Otley Today

Call over care of dementia patients

People with dementia are staying far too long in hospital, which is causing them to deteriorate, according to a report.

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Related Topix: Health

BBC

Dementia patient care criticised

Hospital stays for people with dementia are far longer than for patients being treated for the same injury or illness but without dementia, it is claimed.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Dementia, Nursing

Illinois Government News Network

State Promotes Awareness About Alzheimer's Disease and Thanks...

State Promotes Awareness About Alzheimer's Disease and Thanks Caregivers and Offers Resources for Support State hosts Nov.

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Related Topix: Health, Illinois

MediLexicon

'Scaffolding' Protein Changes In Heart Strengthen Link Between...

Main Category: Alzheimer's / Dementia Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology A team of U.S., Canadian and Italian scientists led by researchers at Johns Hopkins report evidence from studies in animals and humans supporting a link between Alzheimer's disease and chronic heart failure, two of the 10 leading causes of death in the United ...

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Related Topix: Health, Medicine, Cardiology

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