The Wichita Lineman

July 7, 2011

My family did not travel much when I was a boy in the 1960s. We lived in the Bronx and spent summers at a bungalow colony in the Catskills. That was about as far as I got until the day I left for college in Montana. But I still saw a lot of America during those childhood summers in upstate New York. Not on television; we had no TV in …

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Another Problem For LTC Insurance: Earlier Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

December 22, 2010

As Anna Pfaehler wrote here on Monday, long term care (LTC) insurance is on shaky ground. New diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease will likely make the problem even worse. Scientists and doctors have lately developed ways of detecting the disease at earlier stages than previously possible. A recent study of a new imaging technique, known as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) or diffusion MRI, revealed that this method holds even more …

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The First Alzheimer’s Vaccine: A Helmet

August 30, 2010

Medical researchers who are furiously trying to develop new tests, vaccines and treatments for Alzheimer’s and other devastating brain diseases have pointed us toward something we can use immediately: a helmet. We are not talking about some type of super-helmet with miraculous prophylactic powers. Just an ordinary helmet, suited to the activities many of us like to engage in. A bicycle helmet when we ride. A ski helmet when we …

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