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...book's transcriptions of the philosophical discussions between prisoner and jailer about Buddhism and revolution offer an unprecedented opportunity to peer into the origins of mass dementia. Even as his minions are starving and bludgeoning their prisoners to death, Douch tells Bizot, "The revolution wishes nothing for (the people) besides simple happiness: that of the peasant who feeds himself from the fruits of his labors, with no need for the Western products that have made him a dependent consumer." When Bizot points out that Cambodian peasants are destitute of almost everything, including imports, Douch is deaf to him: years before...
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Most common form of dementia among the elderly. Prevalence doubles every five years after...
...treat his hypertension, Raj will be seeing his doctor and will probably be placed on antihypertensive medication. I assured him this was a good thing because uncontrolled hypertension could lead to heart disease, stroke, kidney failure and even dementia...
Five years ago, Chuck Thompson and his wife Chris moved from the Philadelphia suburbs, where they had raised their three children, back into Chuck's parents' home in Levittown, Pa., to assume full-time care of Charles Sr., 76, and Ruth, 73. Charles' worsening dementia and Ruth's health problems meant that if the parents were to stay in the family home, someone would have to live with them. Chuck, 56, says that as the oldest of the Thompson offspring and with his kids grown, he most naturally got the job. Now he cooks the meals, maintains the house...
Whom indeed. For decades, millions of women like Pierres have been told that HRT is a veritable fountain of youth. It kept the skin supple, held back heart disease, boosted old and brittle bones and might even have staved off senile dementia. More than 40% of all women in the U.S. start some form of HRT in their menopause years. Many of them continue well into their 70s and 80s, convinced that the little pills give them a youthful glow...