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Biden Too Old

Rick McKee Feb 12, 2024 Dig deeper

U.S. Supreme Court Stays Execution of Dementia Victim

The Associated Press Jan 25, 2018 The justices act only hours before a lethal injection was to be given to Vernon Madison, who, his lawyers argue, is unable to remember killing a police officer three decades ago. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Study: Pollution Leads to Thousands of Premature Births Each Year

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 11, 2016 Air pollution contributes to 16,000 preterm births annually and costs the country billions of dollars in medical costs and lost productivity, the first study of the phenomenon suggests. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Third of Those Born in the U.K. in 2015 Will Develop Dementia, Study Predicts

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2015 The charity Alzheimer’s Research UK is warning of a national health crisis, predicting that one in three people born in the country this year will develop dementia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Modern Life Is Making Dementia in Your 40s More Probable

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 14, 2015 Bournemouth University health and social science professor Colin Pritchard urges governments to act on research showing more and more people are getting dementia in middle age. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Logbooks

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Oct 4, 2014 Journalist Anne Farrow has written a profoundly personal reflection on historical memory, based on her discovery of Atlantic slave trade logbooks, and on her mother’s painful descent into dementia. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Fact: Coffee Is Good for You

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 29, 2014 People "give up" coffee the way they do cigarettes and red meat, but numerous studies tell us that unlike those other vices, America's liquid breakfast of choice has many health benefits. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Study: Blood Test Can Predict Alzheimer’s Disease

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2014 Researchers in the United States say they have developed a prototype blood test that can tell with 90 percent accuracy whether a healthy person will develop Alzheimer's disease within three years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Get Me to Hogeweyk Before It’s Too Late

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 22, 2014 In an attempt to keep patients as physically and psychologically comfortable as possible, a town-within-a-town in the Netherlands allows people with dementia to walk, shop and eat -- and nearly everything else one does in a community -- safely. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Do We Sleep to Clean Our Brains?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 19, 2013 American scientists think they've discovered the function of sleep: to clear molecular buildup in the brain in what Guardian science reporter Ian Sample calls a "rubbish disposal service." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

League of Denial

Milt Priggee, Cagle Cartoons, www.miltpriggee.com Oct 13, 2013 Dig deeper

Can Stress Lead to Dementia?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 6, 2013 A new study discovered a link between everyday stressors and brain diseases, such as dementia, that manifest themselves in later years. But try not to let that stress you out. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )