Dementia

...ba href=/dementia/a/b, which of course would be a great thing, and there are some trials going on at the moment which will report in two years' time.STEPHANIE KENNEDY: Fishmongers like David Blagden aren't happy with the report.DAVID BLAGDEN: I think we should be more concerned about chicken nuggets and Turkey Twizzlers rather than having too much fish.

There's nothing wrong with too much fish.

Fish is good for you.

The Japanese live forever.STEPHANIE KENNEDY: The British Heart Foundation agrees, arguing people should not stop eating oily fish as the study doesn't prove taking omega-3 fats has a negative effect on a person's health.This is Stephanie Kennedy in London for Saturday AM.

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...ba href=/dementia/a/b among the elderly, Alzheimer's disease affects an estimated 4 million individuals in the United States, a number that is expected to increase significantly in the coming years with the aging of the baby boomer generation.

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Stephen Snyder, PhD, of the Etiology of Alzheimer's Disease program at the National Institute on Aging, which supported this study.

"This finding offers important new insights into the molecular events that lead to Alzheimer's as we work to develop therapies for the treatment of this widespread disease." ### Study coauthors include BIDMC investigators Lucia Pastorino, PhD, Anyang Sun, PhD, Xiao Zhen Zhou, MD, Martin Alastik, PhD, Greg Finn, PhD, Gerburg Wulf, MD, PhD, and Jormay Lim, PhD; Pei-Jung Lu, PhD, of Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan, China; Shi-Hua Li, PhD, and Xiaojiang Li, PhD, of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia; Weiming Xia, PhD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; and Linda Nicholson, PhD, of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

This study was funded in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the Taiwan National Science Council.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a patient care, teaching and research affiliate of Harvard Medi...

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A ribbon-cutting ceremony sponsored by the Paris Area Chamber of Commerce will be held at 4 p.m.

Tuesday at the facility, and an open house will follow until 7 p.m.

The new unit will provide 26 beds in semiprivate rooms in a secure environment, complete with alarm.

It will be located in the newest area of the facility, the Harvest Wing, and will provide private dining and activities, with days based around activities and events for the residents.

It will be decorated with memorabilia from the past.

The original Shady Rest Nursing Home at that location was opened March 28, 1972 to serve the needs of the community.

The former Goding Shoe Factory housed at the sight was converted into the nursing care facility.

Paris businessmen Art Reese and Don Belt are credited with the vision of a 98-bed shelter care and intermediate nursing home to serve the area.

Now operating as Paris HealthCare, the nursing center will open the new special care unit on the day that marks the 34-year anniversary of the original facility.

In honor of this historic event, the new unit will be called Shady Lane.

The nursing home is currently owned by Mark Ide of Ide Management Group of Indianapolis, Ind.

Administrator is Melissa Marshall and director of the new unit is Lori Hollingsworth.

Special guests will include Eleanor Belt, widow of Don Belt, and the first staff member of the facility, Jessie Branson.

Mrs.

Branson continues to work part time at Pari...