Neuroscience
From The Times (UK):
Fighting Alzheimer's with a touch of beauty
A pioneering care project demonstates how literature, music, art and love can improve the lives of dementia sufferers
28 February 2010
The Times
Margarette Driscoll
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Neuroscience
Alzheimer Disease: A Care Project
From The Times (UK):
Fighting Alzheimer's with a touch of beauty
A pioneering care project demonstates how literature, music, art and love can improve the lives of dementia sufferers
28 February 2010
The Times
Margarette Driscoll
[snip]
"In other words, people who appear to be lost to the world can still be reached through art, literature and music — and love. At Hearthstone, a group of seven homes looking after some 220 people with Alzheimer’s that Zeisel had helped to found in Massachusetts, residents are encouraged to paint and are taken on regular outings to galleries. They have reading circles and a film club.
“The development of new drugs to treat Alzheimer’s is helping people live a little bit longer,” says Zeisel. “What we’re asking ourselves is, how do we make that life worth living?”"
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read the full article
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Press release from the NIH: NIH deposits first batch of genomic data for Alzheimer’s disease Researchers gain rapid access to first set of raw human genome sequence 02 December 2013 [snip] "Researchers can now freely access the first batch of genome...
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A report from the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) in Vancouver: Alzheimer's drug IVIg could halt sufferers' decline Trial involving 16 patients excites scientists by suggesting treatment prevented deterioration of memory...
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