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Alzheimer’s–New Research Suggests Trouble Starts in the Liver, Not the Brain
If True, It May Be An Open Door To New Treatments With The Liver As Target Recent research suggests the amyloid protein making up the brain plaque associated with Alzheimer’s Disease may start in the liver and be moved by … Continue reading
Lost & Found: The Pleasures of Life
Have you noticed a weird category of life experiences—things that give great pleasure, but because they are not part of your habit pattern, you forget how wonderful they are and so you don’t pursue those pleasures? Then you run across … Continue reading
LAUGHS, CONFESSIONS AND A CAT
First, the confession: I have not been posting recently on The Geezer Diary because I’ve moved again, so I am still slightly Mayflowered out. by Paolo Camera/Flickr And then I also need to solve the mess I made as an … Continue reading
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When retirement is a pain in the posterior…
Though retirement is stereotyped as a geezer Garden of Eden furnished with recliners and a flat screen TV, it can be tough. You’d never know it, though, from the ads. You’ve seen them—beautiful Botoxed models with silver hair, riding bikes … Continue reading
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Turkey Soup: The Remains of the Day
What differentiates us from the younger generation—besides not smoking our house plants? I say it’s turkey soup—knowing how to make it, eat it and value it enough to rescue the carcass from a hostess’ intent to throw it in the … Continue reading
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A Geezer’s Turkey Day- A Little Salt, Lots of Sweet
Let us give thanks for… …The fact that the CD rates in our retirement funds have not yet gone below zero. When interest rates go to zero, we may owe the bank money for the honor of their holding it. … Continue reading
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Reading your medical future: The spinal tap/Alzheimer’s news
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a senior in possession of a brain, must be in want of a diagnosis. If you missed the specifics, researchers reported that doing a spinal tap—a lumbar puncture with a needle— and … Continue reading
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Wisdom: What’s Your One Parting Shot?
The one thing I hate about the prospect of dying someday—other than not knowing how things come out with the grandkids or the Giants—is that each brain has a library in it and when the brain goes, so does the … Continue reading
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Bad Moods: Changing into something more comfortable
Moods come in all colors—black, grey and blue for starters. Am I the only one seeing more blue moods in the morning? Evidently not…. Maybe it’s economics—the rates on retirees’ CDs are going so low, we’ll soon owe the banks … Continue reading
Tech for the older adults: Can you handle more?
If you’re reading this, you’re an experienced net tourist, not a newbie to the wonders of the web and email. But, if you’re like me, you wonder if you want or need more. Should you complicate your life with Skype, … Continue reading
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