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| Today's News | Saturday, July 31, 2010 |
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Noise and People with Dementia
(Source: ChangingAging.org) - Dr. Al Power wrote: "I caught a bit of the Diane Rehm show (public radio) a couple weeks ago, where author Garret Keizer spoke about the effects of all of the noise in our environment. A caller asked about certain children with disabilities who have more trouble processing when there is a lot of environmental noise."
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New Pathway to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
(Source: Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute) - Although their genetic underpinnings differ, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's are all characterized by the untimely death of brain cells. What triggers cell death in the brain? According to researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute the answer, in some cases, is the untimely transfer of nitric oxide (NO) from one protein to another.
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Technologies Help Adult Children Monitor Aging Parents
(Source: New York Times) - In the wee hours of July 14, Elizabeth Roach, a 70-year-old widow, got out of bed and went to the living room of her Virginia home. She sat in her favorite chair for 15 minutes, and then returned to bed.
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