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Source: AARP Bulletin, July 2010 Who says there’s no more creativity in American business? Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder named for German physician Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in 1906. (He forgot about it shortly thereafter. Kidding!) Alzheimer’s is a progressive and fatal brain disease. As many as 5.3 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s destroys brain cells, causing memory [...] Source: BBC Health; The Lancet A stroke is the interruption of blood to the brain. It is most commonly caused by vascular interruption from a blood clot or cholesterol blockage or cholesterol embolus. Rarely, it may also be caused by fungal endocarditis and fungal emboli following mitral valve replacement surgery. Strokes have been classified as “brain attacks.” [...] Source: U.S. National Institutes of Health; Journal of the American Medical Association, February 3, 2010 I know, I know…Let them sleep on their backs…No wait, only on their stomachs…No wait, on their backs but no pillows…or blankets…No smoking…No pets…Never in bed with you… Perhaps it’s no wonder why the Amercian Academy of Pediatrics is constantly revising guidelines [...] |
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