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Showing posts with label Alzheimers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alzheimers. Show all posts

2012-02-27

Nothing really matters, if it is not remembered

From physorg.comResearchers test sugary solution to Alzheimers
(Medical Xpress) -- Slowing or preventing the development of Alzheimer’s disease, a fatal brain condition expected to hit one in 85 people globally by 2050, may be as simple as ensuring a brain protein’s sugar levels are maintained.  [[Complete Article]]
My Grandmother faded away due to Alzheimers many years ago.  In a way I am glad that the disease did not manifest while I was living with her.  It happened after she had moved north and I only heard stories second and third hand.

Alzheimers is one of those diseases that is terrifying.  To lose ones mind like that, and yet not be aware that it is even happening.  Or worse, have moments of lucidity where you know it is happening, but then become lost again.