HEALTH BRIEFS
Coshocton Tribune - Program offered to help Alzheimer’s patients and families COSHOCTON - Health Services of Coshocton will hold an educational session, Helping the Alzheimer’s Patient and their family, at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 20, in the Fellowship Hall at Park
Docs ID piece in gene ‘puzzle’
Toronto Sun - A team of Canadian and U.S. researchers say they have identified the mutated gene that causes an inherited form of the most common type of dementia other than Alzheimer’s disease. Known as frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, the condition represents
Lyons forges ahead in the aftermath of Katrina
Biloxi Sun Herald - Lyons’ father, an Alzheimer’s patient, stayed with his son and his family in their Ancient Oaks subdivision home, located about 150 yards from the Tchoutacabouffa River. They endured a traumatic ordeal, eventually taking refuge in a neighbor’s boat
Young woman having a ball at senior center
Aberdeen News - She has also worked at Angelhaus Regional Basic Care Center, an Aberdeen facility that serves those with particular disabilities such as Alzheimer’s disease. “It was fun,” Fiegen said. She’s also a psychology major/gerontology minor at Northern State
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