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Tom Seaver Diagnosis Reignites Lyme Disease & Dementia Debate

by Jimmy Carter | Apr 4, 2019 | Celebrity, Dementia

AN ARTICLE IN The New York Times recently revealed that Tom Seaver, legendary pitcher and the most prominent player in New York Mets history, is stepping back from public life because of advancing dementia. It was recently discovered that Seaver, 74, has dementia....

Breaking News: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Diagnosed with Dementia

by Jimmy Carter | Oct 23, 2018 | Alzheimer’s, Celebrity

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who became the first female justice in 1981, announced Tuesday that she suffers from dementia and is “no longer able to participate in public life.” In a letter released by her family, O’Connor, 88, said she wanted...

The Queen of Soul

by Jimmy Carter | Aug 23, 2018 | Celebrity

The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, passed away on August 16, 2018. At the time of her death, according to probate filings by her sons, Ms. Franklin died without a will (what lawyers call “intestate”). Ms. Franklin’s sons (Clarence, Edward – these sons Ms. Franklin...

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Breakthrough: Blood Test Makes it Possible to Track Alzheimer’s Advancement
June 18, 2019
A connection between Neurofilament light (NfL) levels present in the blood and Alzheimer’s disease was recently made in a study released by the JAMA Network.
New Study Might Diagnose CTE in Brains of the Living
May 23, 2019
A recent study published in the New England Journal of medicine revealed that brain scans of more than two dozen former NFL players found that the men had abnormal levels of the protein linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (C.T.E.), the degenerative brain disease we have discussed here that’s associated with repeated hits to the head.
JUST PUT DOWN THE SUPPLEMENTS
May 15, 2019
There have long been debates among established medical authorities and supplement manufacturers, especially when it comes to treating cognitive decline. Are the myriad of supplements currently on the market a genie in a bottle? Or is it better to focus on leading a healthy, balanced lifestyle?
BREAKING NEWS: Promising Alzheimer’s Drug Fails in Late-Stage Human Trials
April 23, 2019
Another big blow came to the Alzheimer’s research community late last month when pharmaceutical company Biogen and Eisai Co. announced on March 22 that they would terminate two late-stage studies of
Could a Noninvasive Eye Exam Preemptively Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease?
April 8, 2019
That’s what a recent study conducted at the Duke Eye Center suggests. The study of more than 200 people, published on March 11 in the journal Ophthalmology Retina, proposes that a quick, noninvasive
Tom Seaver Diagnosis Reignites Lyme Disease & Dementia Debate
April 4, 2019
AN ARTICLE IN The New York Times recently revealed that Tom Seaver, legendary pitcher and the most prominent player in New York Mets history, is stepping back from public life because of advancing dementia. It was recently discovered that Seaver, 74, has dementia. However, for many years he suffered from the effects of Lyme disease, which can cause cognitive problems similar to dementia.