Change your clocks tomorrow night — Saturday Oct. 31, 2009

If you want to figure it out, US DST doesn’t change on an exact date, it changes on a particular day of the month.

The clocks "move" on the first Sunday in March (ahead) and the first Sunday in November (back).

Response to question on LBD Commercial

Hi, David,

The commercial noted on your blog was for distribution around the time of the Pro Football Hall of Fame game and parade broadcast. It has been discontinued by LBDA. We’ll probably update it at some point, but don’t have any definite plans right now.

Thanks again for writing, and please keep in touch.

Regards,

Elizabeth Connor

______________________

Elizabeth Connor, MA, MSHA

Lewy Body Dementia Association

912 Killian Hill Rd.

Suite 202C

Lilburn, GA  30047

404-935-6444, ext. 2

econnor@lbda.org

www.lbda.org

Learning to Surf the Internet Gives Brain a Boost

I’ve seen this pop up in the past. Dr. Small is well known in the world of dementia research. Here is a snippet of his research:

The results suggest Internet training and searching online could potentially enhance brain function and cognition in older adults. “We found that for older people with minimal experience, performing Internet searches for even a relatively short period of time can change brain activity patterns and enhance function,” Dr. Gary Small, a professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, said in a news release. Previous research by the UCLA team found that searching online resulted in a more than twofold increase in brain activation in older adults with prior experience, compared with those with little Internet experience. Click here for more.

And here is a link for more info about Dr. Small. Some day I may try to read one or more of his books.

David

 

 

 

 

Is it still possible to view the LBD commercial that aired Aug. 12th

caryn kaminsky

Submitted on 2009/10/22 at 12:20pm

is it still possible to view the LBD commercial that aired Aug. 12th. This website said it was removed. please advise.

thank you.
Caryn

 

Hi Caryn……..I also looked at the Lewy Body Association’s website and see that it is no longer listed. I’d suggest you go here and it will permit you to ask the Association directly. If you’d like to speak with someone directly, their direct telephone number in the National Office (Atlanta, GA) is: 404.935.6444.

Hope this helps………David

Sister Mary Joseph nodule

Pam and I learned something new today. A Sister Mary Joseph node or nodule.

We had our 6 month dental check. While there, one of the dental hygienists (Monica) told us that her mother-in-law was just diagnosed today with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. It went diagnosed since last April. She went to her family Dr. for a ‘mild’ infection around her belly button. He said it was just a staph infection and not to worry. She said her mother-in-law always alluded to her not having good hygiene. Allegedly, he never examined her on the table for it from the very beginning. Evidently he simply looked at it while she was sitting in the chair. During her most recent visit, an accompanying family member insisted that he properly examine her and to do an entire physical exam on her. Monica said that he felt something and sent her for an abdominal ultrasound which ultimately led to having a biopsy.

As a non-surgeon, I have never encountered or read anything about this kind of nodule and I imagine that this patient’s physician hadn’t either. But what isn’t acceptable to me is his/her failure to actually examine her during a physical exam. Perhaps she could have been spared the inevitable despicable agony and pain which she will probably have to endure.

Imagine feeling like you don’t keep yourself clean every time you leave your Dr. only to find out later that you have advanced cancer!