Monthly Archives: "February 2015"

Posted February 25, 2015 19:19:22 Photo: Eileen Kramer, 100, is about to star in her next dance production at Sydney's Independent Theatre. (ABC News) Map: Sydney 2000 A 100-year-old dancer and choreographer who is about to star in her next production says a creative life is the key to longevity. via www.abc.net.au I was lucky

My son is 18 months old, and I’ve been reading books with him since he was born. I say “reading”, but I really mean “looking at” – not to mention grasping, dropping, throwing, cuddling, chewing, and everything else a tiny human being likes to do. Over the last six months, though, he has begun not

A man who is living with Alzheimer’s strides onto the stage and people applaud wildly. His son leans across the drums and hands him his guitar. His daughter, poised on the banjo, subtly reminds the man to look at the monitor so he can remember the words to the songs. Everyone on stage is tuned

Changes in the balance of brain chemistry, even small ones, can also cause large and unexpected changes in behavior. Victims of Parkinson’s disease offer an example. In 2001, families and caretakers of Parkinson’s patients began to notice something strange. When patients were given a drug called pramipexole, some of them turned into gamblers. And not

Updated February 10, 2015 19:20:36 Photo: The advertisement from Freedom Aged Care has been withdrawn. (Supplied: Geelong Advertiser) Map: Grovedale 3216 via www.abc.net.au Scaring the elderly – shame, shame.