What is Dementia? | Word Search Puzzle | Large-Print
Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe a range of neurological conditions affecting the brain that gets worse over time. It is the loss of the ability to think,…
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Alzheimer’s Disease | Word Search Puzzle | Large-Print
Also called: AD DOWNLOAD IN PDF FORMAT Large-Print PDF ready for printing Solution included Summary Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among older people. Dementia is…
HEMOPHILIA: “A ROYAL DISEASE”
HEMOPHILIA is a rare blood disorder in which the patient’s blood does not clot normally because it lacks sufficient blood-clotting factors. An inherited disease, it is usually passed from mother…
LUPUS: “THE WOLF”
Forty years ago, a teacher at a Catholic elementary school invited the faculty members and their husbands and wives to a Christmas party in her home. It was an opportunity…
DIAGNOSIS: RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Sandra was forty years old when she first noticed that the joints in her hands and toes were tender, warm, and swollen. In the mornings, the joints were stiff, and…
A FORMIDABLE FOE: LEWY BODY DEMENTIA
Born at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chicago on July 21, 1951, Robin Williams was the son of Robert Fitzgerald Williams, a senior executive in Ford Motor Company’s Lincoln-Mercury Division. His…
LIVING WITH DIABETES
Sixty years ago, downtown Chicago was a destination for shopping, for the arts, and for business. It was a bustling town. Marshall Field’s thirteen story building dominated the commercial area.…
LIVING WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
A hundred years ago, heart disease was America’s number one killer. People with heart disease were thought to require complete bed rest or they would face imminent death. “We were…
SEARCHING FOR A CURE
Do you remember a television show called “Family Ties” starring Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton? The show ran from 1982—1989 for a total of 176 episodes. During his…
AT HOME WITH MOM
Mom always had a huge garden on the farm. She grew potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, peas, onions, green beans, sweet corn, pickles, cucumbers, strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries, and blackberries. There was…
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