Help with coping with Alzheimer's
McClatchy Newspapers
11/19/2008, by Prue Salasky
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) (MCT) - One reveals that her mother's cruel, manipulative behavior has intensified, becoming almost unbearable. Another reports that his wife now resists any offers of help and deters visitors. Another says that sometimes her husband falls and she's not strong enough ...
Can you recognize Alzheimer's?
McClatchy Newspapers
11/19/2008, by Karen Garlock
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - If you've ever forgotten the name of a business associate or lost your keys, you might have wondered, even just fleetingly, if you have the beginnings of Alzheimer's disease. Everyone has heard heart-rending stories about this progressive brain disease. But as much as ...
Get your children's teeth examined starting in their toddler years
McClatchy Newspapers
11/11/2008
Dentists are telling parents to be sure and start early examinations for their children's teeth. Halloween may be behind us but there are plenty of sugary festivities yet to come! SEATTLE (MCT) - Here's holiday advice from a dentist, if not a dietitian: Let your kids eat their sugary booty in one ...
Help for diabetics in three publications
McClatchy Newspapers
11/10/2008, by Sharon Thompson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - November is American Diabetes Month, so this is a good time to take a look at new diabetes cookbooks. The diabetes diet is about eating balanced meals that are high in fiber, contain lean protein and healthful fats, and contain minimally processed ingredients.
The ...
Inspirational book, video highlight disabled adults who achieve
McClatchy Newspapers
11/10/2008, by Cynthia Hubert
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Jeremy McCarthy, a softspoken, bespectacled young man in black Nike shoes and a River Cats baseball cap, is juggling a very busy schedule. "I work here every day," he says, gesturing around McClatchy High School's teen center for youths with disabilities. He also ...
Good fit, trial period critical for effective hearing aids
McClatchy Newspapers
11/5/2008, by Prue Salasky
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) (MCT) - For some, the sound is that of crickets chirping, for others it's bacon frying, or even a high-pitched ringing sound. These inside-the-head noises are symptomatic of tinnitus, a side effect of damage to the nerve endings in the inner ear and its accompanying ...
Lawyers called in matters of life and death
McClatchy Newspapers
11/5/2008, by John Petrick
The Record (Hackensack N.J.) (MCT) - It would seem an easy enough decision, on the surface: whether to allow a Bergen County, N.J., infant in desperate need of a blood transfusion to get one. But the parents were Jehovah's Witnesses, and it was against their beliefs. Enter attorney Jo Ann Pietro _ ...
‘UniGeezer': Mountain biking on one wheel
McClatchy Newspapers
10/31/2008, by Tom Berg
The Orange County Register (MCT) - An alarm rings in most guys' heads around age 50. It is nature saying: You know, you won't live forever!
Some respond with sports cars; some with trophy wives; some join the Peace Corps.
Terry Peterson?
"I said, 'My God, I cannot button my jeans anymore!'" says ...
Spirituality to overcome: A Woman's cancer fight
McClatchy Newspapers
10/28/2008, by Yonat Shimron
RALEIGH, N.C. (MCT)- Kathy Wood had a good marriage, a 2-year-old son and a solid job at IBM. At 32, she seemed to have everything going her way. But after a climb up Mount Herman in Colorado, her pectoral muscles felt sore. And then, there it was _ a suspicious lump.
Wood, who was diagnosed ...
Weekend athletes use sweat equity to battle loved ones' diseases
McClatchy Newspapers
10/28/2008, by Bruce Newman
SAN JOSE, CA (MCT)- Robyn Froerer had seen the ghostly blur of faces that materialized at every race, the pictures pinned to runners' chests _ the quick lined up with the dead. While training for the recent Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco, one of the endurance races in the Bay Area that ...
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