I’t’s with sadness that I say farewell to Alzheimer’s Notes. But after almost a year and a half of blogging alongside Mary Emma here at Alzheimer’s Notes, I have decided that it is time to move on. I’d love to stay, but as all of you know, if you find that there are not enough hours in each day to do everything that you have to, something has to give. And I’m afraid, for me, that something is giving up Alzheimer’s Notes.

I’ll still be hanging around the b5Media network, blogging at Healthbolt and Traveling the Green Way, so stop by if you want to say hi.

A heartfelt thanks to Mary Emma, who puts her heart and soul into making Alzheimer’s Notes a warm and friendly place to be. And to all Alzheimer’s Notes readers – many of you caring for and living with the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease – it’s been an honor to be able to meet with you here in cyberspace.

Thank you…

Liz

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A Farewell from Liz.

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Alzheimer’s Video: When The Mind Says Goodbye

Polyphenols protect nerves from damage but not in Alzheimer’s – “Plant nutrients called polyphenols are known to protect nerves from damage, but to expect a similar effect in case of Alzheimer’s would be ‘unwise,’ warns Indian-Canadian researcher Charles Ramassamy…” (more)

MIT zeroes in on Alzheimer’s structures - “MIT engineers report a new approach to identifying protein structures key to Alzheimer’s disease, an important step toward the development of new drugs that could prevent such structures from forming…” (more)

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Alzheimer’s News From Around the World.

Parts of the book ‘A Swim-On Part in the Goldfish Bowl: A Memoir’, have been serialized by the Mail Online.

Here’s the first installment – Carol Thatcher: I always thought of Mum as being 100% cast-iron damage-proof – with more to follow.

(source)

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Margaret Thatcher and Alzheimer’s Disease.

Food Matters is an independently funded film looks at the trillion dollar worldwide ’sickness industry’ and ask why ‘despite the billions of dollars of funding and research into new so-called cures we continue to suffer from a raft of chronic ills and every day maladies.’

It’s been called the ‘food equivalent’ of The Inconvenient Truth.

Healthbolt has five copies of the Food Matters DVD to giveaway.

Check out the film’s trailer….

And then enter here.

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Win a Copy of the Food Matters DVD.

Plus….

Author Attacks Alzheimer’s Ban

Terry Pratchett launches attack on NHS

Alzheimer’s Society Comment On Panorama

Terry Pratchett’s anger over the life-changing Alzheimer’s drug not available on the NHS

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Terry Pratchett keeps Alzheimer’s Disease in the News.

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Alzheimer’s News on the Radio.

Language, Culture Barriers Affect Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Among Hispanics – “Language and cultural barriers cause a significant number of elderly Hispanics with Alzheimer’s disease to remain undiagnosed and untreated, experts say, the Newark Star-Ledger reports…” (more)

Study Links Statins To Dementia Prevention – “The study followed more than 1,600 people over the age of 60 for five years. Those who were taking a cholesterol-lowering statin such as Lipitor, had a surprising result…” (more)

Dual diabetes drugs help stave off Alzheimer’s – “Diabetics who take insulin plus a diabetes pill have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than diabetics who take insulin alone…” (more)

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Alzheimer’s News From Around the World.

Welcome to the August edition of ‘All About Alzheimer’s’ carnival.

Rich D from Rich’s Blog writes about the Alzheimer’s Memory Walk!, reminding us of a great way to raise funds for and awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Patrick Schwerdtfeger from Tactical Execution provides a personal perspective on his parents who suffer from Parkinson?s & Alzheimer’s move into Nursing Home.

Our Mary Emma Allen from Alzheimer’s Notes presents Tea Time with Mother, saying, “Tea Time with Mother was a tradition of sharing before she developed Alzheimer’s that Mary Emma Allen and her family continued in the nursing home. Mary Emma has started a Tea Time at Alzheimer’s Notes where her readers can share their thoughts, feelings, and resources.”

Esther Altshul Helfgott over at Esther’s Writing Works offers another personal view of dealing with a loved one having Alzheimer’s Disease in Esther’s Writing Works: Living with Alzheimer’s .

And cb from Fighting Monsters looks at New Models of Dementia Care, writing about a new book and interview that came out that I haven’t seen mentioned much

Well, that’s it for this edition of the ‘All About Alzheimer’s’ carnival.

Stop back next month for some more great carnival posts.

And don’t forget to submit your blog article to the next edition of all about alzheimer’s using our carnival submission form.

Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Another ‘All About Alzheimer’s’ Carnival.

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Alzheimer’s Video: Working the Brain.