Posted 3/8/21 Salvation belongs to the Lord; your blessing be on your people! Selah Psalm 3:8 (Quick note re: my Bible verses. I tie the chapter and verse to the day of the month. I know some of you read often and some not at all…but all can get a smattering of semi-random verses here. I know the…
Tag: research
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 350: “Who, What, Where, Why, When-sday”: Moving in the Right Direction
Posted 2/24/21 He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.- Genesis 2:24 But God…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 324: Missed It By THAT Much
Posted 1-29/2021 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him… Philippians 1:29 I am not a scientist. I know, I know…you surely thought with my vast skillset surely I studied neuroscience in community college…but sadly I did not. I have…
Back to the Foxhole: Alzheimer’s Puts Veterans on the Front Lines Again
Posted 11-11-19 If there are two things I want you to gobble up from this article, it is simply: I love and appreciate veterans. I hate Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias. First things first. I am sorry if this seems cliche, but if it does it is only because most share my sentiment: Thank you…
Is the Brain a Muscle?
Posted 8-28-19 Maybe the title would be better stated “Is the brain LIKE a muscle”? I have wondered that ever since mom was diagnosed with a “mild kind of dementia” around a decade ago. Can brain exercise prevent dementia? Can it slow the progression? Did it slow the progression with mom? I mean, she played…
Silos, Solos, and the Like
Posted 3-21-19 Just a few quick (lol!!) thoughts about silos and Alzheimer’s here in the land of digital cornbread. First a couple definitions: A silo is a tall, often reasonably skinny, cylinder-shaped structure used to store bulk materials or agriculture products. The word is derived from “Latin sirum (nominative sirus), from Greek siros “a pit to keep corn…