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In this brief article I would like to share with you some thoughts about nutrition. These thoughts are really quite different from what is usually expressed in health-related Education focused on nutr…

In this brief articl…

In this brief article I would like to share with you some thoughts about nutrition. These thoughts are really quite different from what is usually expressed in health-related education focused on nutrition. Typically, there is education and advice offered about how to structure a Diet to include more of certain things, such as fruits and vegetables, and less of other things, such as saturated fat. Frequently nutrition-themed writing emphasizes how to best make decisions about foods to eat and not eat if you have a certain underlying medical problem such as Diabetes or obesity or heart disease.…

Preventing Falls Among community-dwelling adults aged 65 or older, 30—40% fall at least once per year. Many of these falls have accompanying injury and many of these falls and injuries are preventab…

Preventing Falls Amo…

Preventing Falls Among community-dwelling adults aged 65 or older, 30—40% fall at least once per year. Many of these falls have accompanying injury and many of these falls and injuries are preventable. A sound approach to fall prevention focusses on risk factors which increase the chance of falling and intervention strategies to reduce or mitigate these risks. A helpful way to sort this out is to consider individual fall risks and environmental fall risks. Individual fall risk factors When you stop and think about all the body components and systems that play a role in keeping us on our feet…

Dementia Differences  I receive a lot of questions about dementia. Often people use the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease as though it describes all types of dementias but this is not the case. Alzh…

Dementia Differences…

Dementia Differences  I receive a lot of questions about dementia. Often people use the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease as though it describes all types of dementias but this is not the case. Alzheimer’s disease is only one of many conditions which are all variations of dementing illnesses. In this column I’ll describe some of the more common subtypes of dementias and some of their distinguishing characteristics. Let’s start with a definition: Dementia is a syndrome of progressive cognitive decline, often accompanied by additional symptoms in behavior and movements. The specific area…