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#294 – SUDDEN SHIFT: FROM HEALTH BLOGGER TO WILDFIRE EVACUEE – ALLEN TAYLOR

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How quickly one’s idea of what’s important can change. The shift of focus of this weekly series of articles from general principles of healthy living to the more immediate threat of a Covid-19 infection has now been superseded for me  by rampant wildfires, one of which is on the move toward my house. My family and I bugged out, to what seems to be a safer location, at least for the present. Continue reading →

#290 – IGNORING THE COVID WAKE UP CALL OR IN DENIAL – GEARY SIKICH

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As of 5 August 2020, COVID19 has claimed over 700,000 lives and has over 18 million confirmed cases.  Yet, it seems that people are casually disregarding protective measures that have been enacted by governments at all levels.   Could it be that confusing information in the early stages of the pandemic contribute to the seemingly casual approach people are taking?  Or, could people be numb to the seriousness of this pandemic because they have been conditioned by movies, such as, Contagion, Outbreak, Flu, etc.? Continue reading →

#289 – NEW ALZHEIMER’S TREATMENT HOLDS PROMISE – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) patients and the people who are closest to them, suffer for years—the patient suffers the gradual loss of self and the friends and loved ones watch as the person they have known and loved fades away. This contrasts with the sharp, searing pain of loss that goes along with a fatal heart attack. In that case, the pain is acute, but it is quickly over. Friends can mourn, but in short order they can get on with their lives. With Alzheimer’s disease, friends and loved ones must live with the incremental loss that happens day after day. It is like a train wreck in slow motion. Continue reading →

#288 – AFTER COVID, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? – ALLEN TAYLOR

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The SARS-Cov-2 virus causes respiratory symptoms that range from unnoticeable to fatal. After the virus is cleared from a person’s system and is undetectable in a nasal swab test, there are continuing symptoms of fatigue and weakness. That’s bad enough, but it is not the worst possible outcome. Damage to the heart could be a much more serious long-term problem. Continue reading →

#286 – WHAT IF ADVANCING AGE DID NOT IMPLY MENTAL DECLINE? – ALLEN TAYLOR

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If you have been around older people, perhaps your parents or grandparents, you may have noticed that as they got older, it took them a little longer to dredge up the precise word they needed to express a thought, or to remember the name of a person, a place, or perhaps the title of a book that they wanted to recommend to you. Even in the absence of any of the recognized dementias, older people gradually lose some of the cognitive ability that they had at younger ages. Continue reading →