One BIG ISSUE that everyone is concerned about is HEALTH. There is so much information out there that one needs to have a photo memory to be up to date on all news events. People with issues about their health go to extremes to be healthy, and spend thousands to be fit and bodily with out any signs of brokenness in health. Everything from diet, drugs, exercise, etc.
As for health issues: DEMENTIA! is now making head lines in all media. One needs to be up to date on this present disease.
Feb 09-2020 My wife’s dementia is slowly progressing downward. Doctors have prescribed stronger sleeping medication. Also, was told to prepare in the future that she will need to be put into a nursing home in 5 years time. But, could be longer. She was in ER twice and stayed one night as she was dehydrated as she finds it hard to drink water or liquids. Her kidneys were going down because of it. Her memory is very short, was told to do something and 5 seconds later she asks what was it that was said.
My LO has been taken off all dementia drugs. Doctors say they no longer do any good for her as her condition is past drugs to help.
Aug 18-2019. My LO has been removed from all dementia drugs. The Doctors say that they are of no help to her as she is to advanced in here condition.
UPDATE on my LOVE OTHER. Since my LO is on another drug life has become much better. As a care giver, I needed all the REST I could get. Good things are taking place.
My LO has been on Aricept since early March till a week ago. The drug Aricept Made my LO have very bad nightmares. Today my Lo has been put on another drug to remove the side effects.
My wife (LO) is in stage 3 dementia and on Aricept. This drug takes about 3-4 weeks to show results. To know what stage 3 is, GOOGLE it and you will see the conditions of it.
Since my wife has developed dementia and is in stage 2 we were planning to move to Ontario,Canada. But, with her condition to get into the health care system it will take months and she needs monthly attention and to diabetis as well. Also the cost of living is huge compared to where we are now. So, we will visit family for 4-6 weeks.
So, we will be listing many articles and videos to this issue. Many will have links to many hundreds of sites, so use your common sense in and do research for your own problem. As a warning, Check with health professions first.
This is from David Hyles Fallen in Grace Ministry: Please Don’t Be Discouraged
If there is one battle that most people who have fallen fight the most it is discouragement. I realize that every Christian faces this battle, but it is especially prevalent among those who have fallen. Satan knows how to discourage us and he will do everything he can to stop us from moving forward.
Recently many of our regulars here in FIG have been battling discouragement. I have sensed it in your words or in some cases the lack thereof. I have sensed it in some of the posts and comments. I have sensed it in some of your absences. I decided today that I needed to address this matter of discouragement. I do understand the struggle. Satan fights me constantly to be discouraged in the work that I’m trying to do. Let me tell you what I do to battle discouragement
1. I try to encourage someone else. Maybe I am even battling discouraged because I sensed discouragement among those who work with me in this group. That’s why I’m writing this article today. The truth is whenever I feel a tinge of discouragement I try to find someone to encourage. There is someone who needs YOU to be their encourager. When you give them courage you will find it for yourself.
2. Stop thinking too much. Whenever I think too much about the things with which I struggle the more discouraged I become. The Bible says to think on certain things and reliving the past is not one of them. Compare your thoughts to Philippians 4:8 and make certain that you are not thinking too much about the struggles in your life, but rather the blessings and victories. Especially think on the promises of God.
3. Stay on a schedule. This is critically important. People typically get discouraged when they get off of the schedule. It’s interesting that holidays are often a discouraging seasons for people because they get off of the regular schedule. Summer, likewise often throws us off schedule. Whenever I am discouraged it is usually a time when I am not living by a schedule. We need to be scheduled in our lives. Discipline is a part of defeating discouragement.
4. Recognize the fact that weakness comes from losing our joy. The Bible says that the joy of the Lord is our strength. David spoke of joy restoring his strength in his prayer of repentance. If you are feeling zapped of strength is may be because you are lacking in the joy of the Lord. “Rejoice in the Lord alway and again I say rejoice.” The reason God wants us to always rejoice is because we need to rejoice in order to keep our strength. Your discouragement maybe from a lack of strength which may be from a lack of joy.
5. Don’t entertain thoughts of quitting. Never never never never consider quitting. Don’t think about those things. Don’t think about giving up. Don’t think about retreating. Just think about how to keep going. Recommit yourself to go forward and never consider retreat.
6. Think of others. The greatest cause of discouragement is selfishness. When I am most selfish I am most discouraged. Life was meant to be lived for others not self. Are you living for someone else? Are you serving others? Are you encouraging others? Are you trying to help others who are hurting? I know that my strength is at its greatest when my life is being lived for others, and not for myself.
7. Don’t get under the weather. I mean this literally. Sometimes the heat of summer makes us lethargic and when we are lethargic it is easy to become discouraged. Be instant in season and out of season. Do not let the weather have an effect on your spirit.
I worry about you folks. I am worried about some of you right now because I know that discouragement has crept into your life. Take these words and apply them. Don’t let discouragement make you a casualty. Don’t let Satan win. Be not weary in well doing. I promise, no God promises, that in due season you will reap if you faint not. (DH) This Helped me today.
As written below, I have joined 5 Dementia support groups. It has been a highly education tool for me. I would suggest each off you readers of this blog, check and sign up to some, even if there is no signs of dementia at present in your household. You do not want to be unprepared as you never know when it may show up its dangerous onslaught.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/330382867315056/Dementia
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dementiacareblazers/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CADSC/learning_content/Dementia
Please Pray; My wife has developed the deadly disease “DEMENTIA”. She is in stage 2 (now stage 4) since this writing, and I am her Caregiver. Its been a very big battle. I have joined support group called “Christian support for Dementia” and I have gotten tons of information. If you are reading this message please share your our experience with dealing with this. Email me at ; bpyaroslaw@Sasktel.net, I sure would like to hear from you.
https://www.naturalnews.com/040858_turmeric_Alzheimers_Disease_dementia.html
Oregon passes bill allowing mentally ill patients to be starved to death
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SALEM, Oregon, March 2, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The first U.S. state that legalized doctors killing sick patients has now passed a bill that critics say will allow healthcare givers to starve to death mentally ill patients.
Oregon’s Senate passed House Bill 4135 on Tuesday (17-12) and in the House two weeks ago (35-25). Touted as an update to Oregon’s Advance Directive Form, critics say the bill paves the way for healthcare givers to remove access to food and water for vulnerable Oregonians with illnesses such as dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Oregon Right to Life (ORTL) Executive Director Lois Anderson says the effect of the bill is that “vulnerable Oregonians are left without protections and their right to basic care like food and water.”
“The advance directive was put into Oregon statute back in 1993,” State Rep. Bill Kennemer (R) explained, adding that it was “very well vetted” and “thoroughly discussed.”
“If it were to be removed from statute, I fear the legal protections we carefully placed there could be jeopardized, potentially harming end of life decisions for vulnerable patients,” he added.
Under the old advanced directive, caretakers may not decide to starve a mentally impaired patient to death unless that caretaker has been given decision-making authority by the patient before becoming mentally impaired (with four rare exceptions).
HB-4135 reverses that provision, allowing a mentally impaired patient to be starved to death — even against his or her will — unless the patient has made a contrary advanced directive.
“If signed into law, HB-4135 would endanger Oregonians with dementia and Alzheimer’s, allowing their healthcare representatives to remove their access to food and water,” the ORTL website explains.
“Over the last 25 years, Oregonians at the end-of-life stage have been protected by the current advance directive. Removing it from statute has legal consequences.”
“It’s disappointing that House Democrats passed a bill that has obvious and significant problems,” Anderson added.
“What limited testimony was allowed in the House Health Care Committee hearing revealed the process has been rushed and will lead to unintended consequences that endanger vulnerable Oregonians,” he said.
“Oregon’s advance directive is a critical document that deserved more than three weeks of rushed deliberation,” Oregon Right to Life Political Director David Kilada told LifeSiteNews.
“The disregard every single Democrat in the Oregon Legislature had for the concerns raised about House Bill 4135 was disgraceful. Stakeholders — including doctors, an attorney, and thousands of Oregonians — expressed concern that the bill would have unintended consequences endangering vulnerable people. These concerns were ignored.”
Bill Harris testified in favor of the legislation. His wife had dementia, and he went to court to legally starve her to death. He said he supports HB-4135 because his court case was unsuccessful.
The bill now goes to Democrat Governor Kate Brown’s desk for signing into law. Gov. Brown is praised by abortion groups such as Emily’s List and Planned Parenthood.
Oregon was one of the first states to legalize abortion in 1969 and the first state in the union to legalize doctor-assisted suicide in 1997.
Alzheimer’s news: Degenerative disease can be prevented simply by doing THIS
ALZHEIMER’S can be prevented simply by switching off the TV and going for a brisk walk or jog and lowering your blood pressure, according to new research.
PUBLISHED: 00:00, Mon, Sep 18, 2017 | UPDATED: 16:07, Mon, Sep 18, 2017
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Alzheimer’s can be prevented by doing one simple thing, according to a new research
A study of more than 1,700 people who lived into their 90s found the most resilient to the debilitating disease were also the most physically active.
–– Professor Claudia Kawas said post mortems showed one-in-two dementia-free participants had Alzheimer’s-style brain plaques when they died.
She said: “Interestingly enough, autopsies revealed about half of the ‘oldest-old’ without dementia have a high-degree of Alzheimer’s neuropathology in their brains – although they were mentally fit while alive.”
On the other hand half of the dementia patients did develop symptoms of cognitive decline without these changes in the brain.
Professor Kawas, a neurologist at California University, said the reasons for this “cognitive resilience” – having Alzheimer pathologies while not showing symptoms – could be down to lifestyle.
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The professor said those that showed most resilience got more exercise and watched less TV.
The findings presented at the World Congress for Neurology in Kyoto, Japan, shed light on why some people get dementia and others do not – even if they reach a highly advanced age.
They follow Cambridge University research three years ago which found just one hour’s exercise a week – such as jogging, football or walking – cuts the chance of Alzheimer’s by almost half.
The ‘The 90+ Study’ is the largest of its kind and has visited participants in Orange County since 2003.
Neurological and neuropsychological tests are carried out every six months.
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1,700 people who lived into their 90s found the most resilient to the debilitating disease
In view of the demographic developments delay of cognitive decline is crucial
Professor Claudia Kawas
Earlier this year research suggested more than a third of dementia cases might be avoided by tackling aspects of lifestyle including education, exercise, blood pressure and hearing,
Professor Kawas said: “It’s important to study the oldest-old. We can learn a lot from this fastest growing age group.”
According to life expectancy projections most babies born since 2000 in countries with long life expectancies – such as the UK – will celebrate their 100th birthdays.
Professor Kawas said: “In view of the demographic developments delay of cognitive decline is crucial.
“We have calculated if interventions could delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease in those afflicted by two years there would be – in the US alone – nearly two million fewer cases than projected by 2050.”
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Dementia patients did develop symptoms of cognitive decline without these changes in the brain
It turned out 40 per cent of the participants had dementia diseases – with women being more heavily affected than men.
Education was particularly protective in individuals who were shown in PET (positron emission tomography) scans to have brain plaques – abnormal clusters of beta amyloid proteins – typical of Alzheimer’s.
Professor Kawas said: “People with a low level of education had a four times higher statistical risk of contracting dementia than those with a higher level of education.”
But among those without the plaques the educational difference was irrelevant.
Professor Kawas said: “Multiple brain pathologies are at the root of dementias at all ages.
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The disease can be prevented by switching off the TV
“In the oldest-old the presence of multiple pathologies is associated with increased likelihood of dementia.
“The number of pathologies also seems to be relevant for the severity of the cognitive decline.
“We will therefore need to target multiple pathologies to reduce the burden of dementia.”
She said major uncertainties continue to persist when it comes to the question of how dementias can be stopped or their progress delayed at all ages.
An ongoing US study entitled ‘Preventing Cognitive Decline and Dementia’ failed to identify specific interventions.
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But Professor Kawas said: “However, the overarching message we can derive from the findings so far is – keep your body and brain working in order to protect cognition.”
Physical activity – or the lack thereof – was identified as one of the risk factors open to influence that has the greatest effect on cognitive disorders and dementia.
The study shows exercise can play a part in postponing or slowing down age-related cognitive decline.
Getting high blood pressure under control appears to be important for mental health as well – especially in mi-life between 35 and 65.
Even if decisive evidence has not yet been furnished there are increasing indications keeping high blood pressure in check can prevent or postpone dementia. ”
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Getting high blood pressure under control appears to be important for mental health as well
Professor Kawas said: “Interestingly while blood pressure control is generally an important preventive factor the picture is slightly different in the 90+ age group.
“In the oldest-olds there are indications higher blood pressure might even have a certain protective effect.”
There’s currently no evidence of the efficacy of commercial computer-based brain training exercises.
They appear to have only short-term effects and just in connection with the same tasks that are practiced over and over, said Prof Kawas.
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Professor Kawas said: “People should be suitably informed about what they can do to prevent cognitive decline from the standpoint of today’s scientific knowledge.
“The results of the report do not form a suitable basis for deriving public health strategies to counter the wide-spread disease of dementia.
“We need further studies to be able to better assess the effect of potential measures.”
In England and Wales it’s estimated 1.2 million people will be living with dementia by 2040 – a 57 per cent increase from 2016 figures.
The End of Alzheimers?
GlobeNewswire•August 21, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Posit Science, the maker of BrainHQ online brain training exercises and assessments, and MPI Cognition, the organization disseminating the Bredesen Protocol for treating cognitive decline and those at risk for cognitive decline, announced today that BrainHQ will be made available to every patient enrolled in the Bredesen Protocol.
Dr. Dale Bredesen, co-founder of MPI Cognition, is an internationally-recognized expert in aging and neurodegenerative diseases. He earned his MD at Duke University, served as Chief Resident in Neurology at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), was an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner’s lab at UCSF, held faculty positions at UCSF, UCSD and UCLA, and was the founding President and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. He has authored the book The End of Alzheimer’s: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline, due for publication this week.
In 2014 and 2016, Dr. Bredesen documented what are believed to be the first cases showing some reversal of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s, using a novel, personalized programmatic approach that addresses the underlying contributors to cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease. Ten patients with cognitive decline (Mild Cognitive Impairment, Subjective Cognitive Impairment, and early Alzheimer’s), were put on this protocol and followed – with nine showing improvements. Further refinements led to the Bredesen Protocol and a subsequent article reporting imaging results showing structural changes to the brains of treated patients.
The Bredesen Protocol has been taught to hundreds of physicians – first, by Dr. Bredesen, and, now, by the Institute for Functional Medicine. Its effects are being monitored and studied in many places, included a trial at the Cleveland Clinic.
The Bredesen Protocol helps physicians identify the issues contributing to cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s in each patient and, then, address those specific issues with a personalized treatment plan. Typically, treatments include monitoring and taking steps to adjust diet, exposure to inflammatory agents and toxins, physical exercise, sleep, and stress, as well as having patients engage in brain exercises.
“At first, we tried a lot of different brain training programs,” said Dr. Bredesen, “but we found that BrainHQ has the most validated science, and like the rest of our protocol, it personalizes to each patient and his or her needs. We made a decision last year to get all the patients access to BrainHQ, and we have now implemented that decision.”
“There’s an emerging consensus that we will need to treat neurodegenerative disorders with a multi-factorial approach tailored to the individual, rather than a silver bullet,” said Dr. Henry Mahncke, CEO of Posit Science. “We are honored to be working with Bredesen Protocol practitioners and with research study investigators on this important medical frontier.”
More than 140 peer-reviewed papers have shown that the exercises and assessments in BrainHQ deliver a wide range of benefits in varied populations, including improvements in healthy older adults in standard measures of cognition (e.g., speed, attention, memory and executive function), which have been shown to generalize to quality of life (e.g., mood, confidence, functional independence, self-rated health) and to real world activities (e.g., gait, balance, driving and everyday cognition).
BrainHQ exercises and assessments also have been, and continue to be, used in scores of research studies of clinical populations, as a predicate to seeking regulatory approvals, where usage is deemed successful.