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CardmakingIf you and your family enjoy making holiday cards, I have some resources at Party Pizzazz to check out.  Here you’ll find ideas for your cards, invitations and thank you notes.I discussed cardmaking in a previous post, something the whole family can enjoy, along with your Alzheimer’s patient.  Why not carry it over into holiday and Christmas card ideas.(Amazon image)Tags: Alzheimer’s Notes, Alzheimers, cardmaking, Christmas, holiday, holiday cards, Mary Emma AllenShare This (Source: Alzheimer’s Notes)

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Climbing stairs, carrying groceries, taking a shower - these are activities that we take for granted; however, after a cancer diagnosis, many survivors are unable to function as they used to. Home-based diet and exercise interventions may improve physical functioning in older, long-term cancer survivors, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.

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New research is helping doctors unlock thegenetic mysteries behind breast cancer, helping women discover andtreat their disease earlier.

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If you are over seventy years old, your chances of dying in a fire at home are four times as high as they are for the rest of the population. It is also a fact that half of all women who die in house fires are 70 or older. These are among the results of a report from SINTEF Norwegian Fire Laboratories, which also identifies measures that could reduce the number of fires, particularly those of electrical origin or that are due to the inappropriate use of electrical equipment.

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Between 2000 and 2004, at least 443,000 Americans died prematurely each year from cigarette smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke compared to 438,000 such deaths that occurred each year between 1997 and 2001, according to a report in the Nov. 14 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) — The dietary supplement beta-alanine (BA) — widely used by athletes and body builders — improves muscle endurance in the elderly, according to U.S. researchers.

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“Do not disturb” signs aren’t just for newlyweds anymore. They are also a way to give nursing home residents some privacy for sexual expression, according to Kansas State University aging experts. “By law you can’t always lock a room, but you can offer residents some privacy,” said Gayle Doll, who directs K-State’s Center on Aging.

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To increase awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) — which is expected to become the world’s third-leading cause of death by 2030 — Nov. 19 has been declared World COPD Day, according to a report in the Nov. 14 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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The first simulation of how it feels to age decades in minutes will be run by staff from Eisai at the new University of Hertfordshire simulation centre tomorrow (19 November). The Elderly Simulation Experience, forms part of a two-day workshop designed by Eisai to provide their staff with a deeper understanding of the experiences of elderly patients.

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Ginkgo biloba has long been touted as amemory booster, but a new study revealed it does not affectpatients with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.

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