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July 3rd, 2008

A study by Scottish researchers found a link between a person’s childhood IQ and the risk for developing vascular dementia.
Vascular dementia is the second most common form of dementia behind Alzheimer’s disease. A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, however, did not appear to be linked to childhood IQ scores.
They compared the rate of vascular dementia among […]

By Elizabeth -- 1 comment

June 14th, 2008

Tim Russert a devoted member of the Sandwich Generation

One of the things that has struck me the most about the untimely death of American journalist Tim Russert is what I’ve learned about how passionately devoted he was to his aging father and to his son, a recent graduate of Boston College.
Russert was so proud of his Irish Catholic heritage and of his […]

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March 13th, 2008

101 year old marathon runner

Buster Martin is running in next month’s London Marathon.
He’s 101 years old, the father of 17 children, and he holds three world title records for the oldest person to run the 5K, 10K and the half marathon.
He also works 3 days a week, trains at a gym, and, likes his beer:
“He smokes, drinks, stays […]

By Elizabeth -- 2 comments

November 30th, 2007

Healthy at age 100

One hundred year old Frank Di Paolo, Jr. is over 100 years old, and, he still drives to work every day.
When asked his secret?
“Red Wine“, he replied.
Not surprisingly, other factors include lifestyle and genes, but, I love to read stories like this.
I may also go have a glass of wine. You know, just in […]

By Elizabeth -- 1 comment

December 15th, 2006

Back-up elder care as an employee benefit

Freddie Mac, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation in the United States, recently announced back-up elder care as a new employee benefit:
The new elder care program, offered through Bright Horizons, a national provider of work-site child care and now elder care services, will assist employees whose elder relatives need non-medical care such as meal preparation, […]

By Elizabeth -- 2 comments

May 22nd, 2006

Make that a double, please

More and more people find themselves among the Sandwich Generation ranks because people are living longer. Diseases that used to be allowed to run their course are now being treated.
Of course, cold showers aren’t the typical way to maintain health and longevity, but, hey, it works for this guy. Let’s see, if my dad, who […]

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