Rick Eakle died - his heart stopped four times - because he lacked health insurance, but he lived to tell about it. “None of it needed to happen,” the Hamilton man said tearfully about his disfiguring facial tumor, congestive heart failure, diabetes, depression and massive bed sore.
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Janet Jackson Confirms Michael Jackson Drug Addiction (Undercover)
Janet Jackson has spoken openly for the first time about how her brother Michael Jackson was a drug addict. In an interview with Robin Roberts from ABC, Janet stated that the family tried to stop Michael’s addiction on a number of occasions. "Those are the things that you do when you love someone.
Category: Addiction
Structural and functional characterization of a novel FE65 protein product up-regulated in cognitively impaired FE65 knockout mice
FE65 is a multi-modular adaptor protein that binds the cytoplasmic tail of the [beta]-amyloid precursor protein (APP). Genetic evidence suggests that APP is intimately involved in the pathogenesis of dementias of the Alzheimer type, neurodegenerative disorders that affect multiple cognitive domains, including learning and memory. Evidence from p97FE65-specific knockout mice (lacking the 97 kDa fu
Category: Alzheimer
Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults Without Dementia: Clinical and Pathologic Outcomes in a Community-Based Sample
This study examines clinical and neuropathologic characteristics of 37 participants in a community-based dementia series who had cognitive complaints at enrollment but did not meet dementia criteria. Participants had neuropsychological testing, were followed until death, and underwent autopsy. Twenty-four participants progressed to dementia, and their baseline characteristics were analyzed. Of th
Category: Alzheimer
Category: Alzheimer
Link Between Alzheimer's, Heart Failure
Title: Link Between Alzheimer's, Heart FailureCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/17/2009 10:06:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/17/2009 10:06:16 AM (Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.
Category: Alzheimer
Cortical event-related potentials in preclinical familial Alzheimer disease
Conclusions: Auditory sensory and cognitive cortical potentials in persons with familial Alzheimer disease (FAD) mutations are abnormal approximately 10 years before dementia will be manifest. Longer event-related potential latencies suggest slowing of cortical information processing in FAD mutation carriers. (Source: Neurology)
Category: Alzheimer
Tapping Into Curry's Health Benefits
Title: Tapping Into Curry's Health BenefitsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/13/2009 4:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 11/16/2009 (Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer)
Category: Alzheimer
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