Apr 12, 2019 | Caregiving, Uncategorized
BY MARIA DENEAU The color purple has become more than just my favorite color. It is the color of purpose and obsession for me that stirs raw emotion and almost a fight or flight mentality. Purple is the color most associated with Alzheimer’s Disease advocacy....
Mar 13, 2019 | Prevention
BY DR. MARIE PASINSKI Carol could not understand why her identical twin sister had suffered from Alzheimer’s for 10 years while she herself showed no signs of the disease. “After all,” she reasoned, “we have identical genes.” Like many of my patients, Carol thought...
Mar 12, 2019 | Caregiving
BY DANIEL C. POTTS, MD, FAAN Have you thought about what may be the root cause of the pervasive and toxic stigma associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of dementia? I think about it a lot. I believe stigma is the greatest barrier to be faced in all...
Mar 12, 2019 | Caregiving
BY CINDY PERSKY What do you do when you are a retired R.N for basically 22 years, a stay at home mom for 25 years, an empty nester, and want to get back into the workforce? I got lucky and became an independent consultant for Beautycounter, a company whose mission is...
Feb 12, 2019 | Prevention
BY DR. MARC MILSTEIN Head to toe you are about 37 trillion human cells, give or take a trillion. You are also about 37 trillion bacteria cells. I hate to break it to you, but you are half human, half bacteria. What is all that bacteria doing living on and inside...
