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Dementia Changes Many Lives, There is Help


You are not alone living with this neurological disease called by many names:dementia, Alzheimer's,old timer's disease,hardening of the arteries, senility, multi-infarct, Lewey Body Disease, cognitive decline, loosing his marbles...but many patients and caregivers feel alone as they deal with the many changes brought on by a disease that is now the 6th leading cause of death in America.

The Alzheimer's Association provides a 24 Hour Help Line number, 1-800-272-3900 with people trained ...

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Last updated 7 months, 3 weeks ago.
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hiv in the boro


As much television that we as society watch you would think that people would know by now how to prevent HIV. Did anyone know that Bulloch county has a big HIV epdemic coming its way? I know of a woman in Statesboro that is carrying and passing the HIV virus around the boro. I was prepared to type her name and expose her nasty ways but I think that if anyone wants to really know ...

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Last updated 8 months, 1 week ago.
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Last comment by eddie50 8 months ago
Caring for a Spouse With Alzheimer's Disease


Caring for a spouse with Alzheimer's Disease raises difficult issues involving privacy, dignity, knowing when the person is able and when he isn't, learning to tackle new roles in the family and when to involve the children in decisions. As the population ages with more and more families live in separate households, ways of dealing with the infirmities of age, both mental and physical, are not directly observed.
Add to that situation, the number ...

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Last updated 8 months, 2 weeks ago.
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He doesn't want what you're having.


If doctors routinely decline to undergo the very same cancer-fighting regimens that our culture demands they provide to their patients, shouldn't we reconsider the actual benefits of those often painful, always expensive, treatments and have a frank conversation about our expectations?

http://zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/2011/11/30/how-doctors-die/read/nexus/

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Last updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago.
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Last comment by Passinthru 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Freedom From Addiction...


Over the past 20 years I have met some of the most creative, talented, and passionate people. War heroes. Doctors. Judges. Pilots. Artists. Musicians. Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters. Many of them lost nearly everything they loved because of a problem with addiction or alcoholism.

You probably know someone who has suffered from addiction too. A family member, friend, or someone with whom you have worked along the way. Isn't it ...

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Last updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago.
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Last comment by watchdog 11 months, 2 weeks ago

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