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From The New York Times:
Lives
Diminishing Returns
By KATHERINE NICHOLS
Published: June 24, 2007
During the two years leading up to his diagnosis, my husband, a highly respected physician, struggled to communicate and complete work, left me in doubt about his truthfulness, accumulated debt I was unaware of and wrote a series of notes that I found bizarre and degrading. Yet he often seemed so loving and well. I wondered if the insanity began with me.
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Confronted by Primary Progressive Aphasia
From The New York Times:
Lives
Diminishing Returns
By KATHERINE NICHOLS
Published: June 24, 2007
During the two years leading up to his diagnosis, my husband, a highly respected physician, struggled to communicate and complete work, left me in doubt about his truthfulness, accumulated debt I was unaware of and wrote a series of notes that I found bizarre and degrading. Yet he often seemed so loving and well. I wondered if the insanity began with me.
[ ... Read the entire column ... ]
- June Is Aphasia Awareness Month
June is Aphasia Awareness Month. For the past twenty years or so, this month in North America has been dedicated to promoting a greater knowledge base among the general public as well as the non-CNS professional community about what aphasia is and about...
- Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: The Wernicke Conundrum And Primary Progressive Aphasia
M-Marsel Mesulam, Cynthia K. Thompson, Sandra Weintraub, and Emily J. Rogalski (2015). The Wernicke conundrum and the anatomy of language comprehension in primary progressive aphasia. Brain. [Published online June 25 2015 doi:10.1093/brain/awv154] Wernicke’s...
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From The Times (UK): Case study: ‘It’s hard to recognise the man I married’ Judith Magill’s retirement dreams were dashed when her husband, Patrick, had Parkinson's disease diagnosed aged 57 21 September 2009 [snip] "People die with Parkinson’s...
- The Game Brain
The New York Times continues its coverage of cognitive agility with a column today by Jane Brody discussing different cognitive and physical ways to promote a fit mind: Mental Reserves Keep Brains Agile by Jane E. Brody The New York Times 11 December...
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