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Jan 27, 2022January 27, 2022

What is Dementia? | Word Search Puzzle | Large-Print

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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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Jan 26, 2022January 26, 2022

Alzheimer’s Disease | Word Search Puzzle | Large-Print

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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…

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Mar 1, 2019

HEMOPHILIA: “A ROYAL DISEASE”

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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…

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Feb 7, 2019February 7, 2019

LUPUS: “THE WOLF”

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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…

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Jan 2, 2019

DIAGNOSIS: RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

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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…

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Nov 19, 2018

A FORMIDABLE FOE: LEWY BODY DEMENTIA

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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…

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Oct 9, 2018

LIVING WITH DIABETES

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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.…

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Oct 3, 2018

LIVING WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

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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…

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Jul 2, 2018July 2, 2018

SEARCHING FOR A CURE

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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…

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Apr 30, 2018

AT HOME WITH MOM

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  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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