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With the growth in public awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, the proliferation of marketing communications related to research and purported treatments, and regular reports about new findings and regulatory actions, many people have questions about the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease and the value of genetic testing for Alzheimer’s risk – for themselves and for loved ones. Here are some things to know.
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In a nutshell, the vestibular apparatus is the neurological equipment responsible for perceiving your body’s orientation relative to the earth (determining if you are upside down, standing up straight, falling etc.), which inform your eyes and extremities how they should move accordingly.
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Student misbehavior is a part of every classroom. However, there are times when student misbehavior is so volatile, violent students need to be separated from the rest of the class for their own sake and the sake of other learners. Students who are this volatile are often placed in classrooms for students who have difficulty managing their behavior or who may have one or more disabilities that manifest in anger or aggression. Within these classrooms there may be a much smaller room, perhaps the size of a large walk-in closet, designated as a “cool down” area for students who need a place to pull themselves together after an angry outburst.
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Since it’s fully 2020 and we have all successfully managed to overcome our New Year’s resolutions, here is a great little cookie recipe. This comes from my cousin Sandi, who is one of my favorite people, and who hosts and entertains a lot more than I do, so I trust her when she says this is a favorite.
Read more“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.-” Martin Luther King, Jr. There is perhaps not a more profound quote to summarize Martin Luther King, Jr. than one consisting of his own words.
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Many hundreds of years ago when I was a child, my mother sewed most of my clothes. She also made clothes for my sisters, and on rare occasions for my father. I think most housewives (yes, that’s what they were called, and it wasn’t derogatory then, unlike now) probably could sew. She also made costumes for my elementary school Christmas plays and spring pageants. Does anyone else remember crepe-paper dresses? I had several. She must have gotten a really good deal on this one bit of material once, because she made matching shirts for all of us. We probably looked ridiculous. Anyway, I always wondered why I never wanted to sew, or when I did try, I wasn’t any good. Guess it just didn’t interest me.
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While my wife Jocelyn and I were dating, I was asked by my elderly neighbor to watch a baby goat all night, because its mother couldn’t nurse due to mastitis. I thought “How hard could it be?” I agreed to do my neighbor this favor.
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Remember in the TV show “Star Trek” how Dr. McCoy could simply scan someone with a hand held device and get a diagnosis? We’re not there yet, but a new brain scanning technique is giving researchers more clues into Alzheimer’s disease.It’s now possible to predict with some degree of accuracy where in the brain areas will decrease due to Alzheimer’s disease, simply by identifying where tangles of tau protein have gathered.
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