“A troupe of men clad in bearskins danced through...
"A troupe of men clad in bearskins danced through #Comanesti, Romania, stopping at homes where they had been invited to perform. In Romania's Trotus Valley, this is a Christmastime tradition: Men, women and children wearing bearskins descend on homes to chase away the year's bad spirits. The photographer @dianazeynebalhindawi, who spent her early childhood in Romania, remembered this scene fondly. Last year, she returned to photograph it. This #nytweekender, we'll be sharing @dianazeynebalhindawi's photos of Romania's dancing bears, which were featured on the @nytimes #lensblog. Tap the link in our profile to see more phot...
Source: Kidney Notes - December 5, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
“After winning first place at the annual Bear Parade in...
"After winning first place at the annual Bear Parade in #Comanesti, Romania, Dumitru Toloaca's troupe celebrated in the streets. While clad in bearskins, they sang, they danced, and they toasted with homemade palinka liquor. And the photographer @dianazeynebalhindawi captured it all. For @dianazeynebalhindawi, it was a familiar scene. She spent the first 8 years of her childhood in Romania's Trotus Valley and recalled raucous packs of people wearing bearskins emerging each holiday season, ostensibly to chase away bad spirits from the previous year. This #nytweekender, we're sharing @dianazeynebalhindawi's photos from a few...
Source: Kidney Notes - December 5, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
“Gabriel Hanganu, known as the “bear tamer,” snuck a kiss...
"Gabriel Hanganu, known as the "bear tamer," snuck a kiss from his fiancée, Anca Sabau, who huddled for warmth beneath hanging bearskins. In the Trotus Valley of Romania, troupes of men, women and children wearing bearskins descend on homes — ostensibly to chase away bad spirits, but also to make merry. @dianazeynebalhindawi spent a few frigid days photographing the bears as they performed in the village square, wandered at night, and occasionally made housecalls. This #nytweekender, we'll be sharing more of @dianazeynebalhindawi's photos of Romania's dancing bear troupes, which were featured on the @nytimes #lensblog. ...
Source: Kidney Notes - December 5, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly works no matter what part of the world you’re in
Peter shared his photos and story of his Wheat Belly experience followed in Transylvania, Romania, (Yes: it’s a real place!):
“This is my Wheat Belly result after not even a year: 40 kg [88 lbs] blown away, type 2 diabetes reversed. No sleep apnea anymore! I am just fit and enjoy my life again with my family.”
One of the reasons I post Peter’s wonderful results, experienced in Romania in Eastern Europe, is to illustrate once again that the destructive health and weight effects of wheat and grains are a worldwide phenomenon, not confined to North America (as some have argued). At other times, we̵...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 2, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories diabetes gluten grains sleep apnea Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Trichinosis: Cross-border Episodes
A recent trichinosis outbreak in Belgium related to Spanish boar meat reflects the continued high incidence of trichinosis in Spain. In fact, trichinosis rates in Spain are comparable to those which have not been encountered in the United States for more than 50 years [1,2] – see graph.
Cross-border incidents of trichinosis are relatively uncommon. The following chronology, including cases related to importation or human travel, is abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com (primary references available on request)
1975 – An outbreak (125 cases) of trichinosis in France was traced to horse meat imported fro...
Source: GIDEON blog - December 7, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology Graphs Outbreaks ProMED Spain trichinosis Source Type: blogs
Medic “Couldn’t Give A F**K” If Patient Was Alive
A Romanian medic told a shocked crowed that she “Couldn’t give a f**k” if a nearby patient was alive or dead after the crowd implored her to investigate the mans obvious respirations after she had placed a sheet over him. [Read the whole story here] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - September 9, 2014 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Love Remembered Despite Alzheimer’s
I was stunned. He didn't realize that I was the woman in the photo.By Marie Marley Alzheimer's Reading Room Here’s a true story that illustrates that people with Alzheimer’s can remember and experience strong emotions related to a past event even if they can’t remember the facts surrounding the occasion.I had a beautiful, relaxed drive to visit Ed, my beloved Romanian soul mate of 30 years, at the nursing home one lazy Sunday afternoon. I wandered into his room and found he was in the bathroom, so I sat in the rocker and waited. My eyes were drawn, as was often the case, to his stuffed animal collection, ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - August 21, 2014 Category: Dementia Tags: alzheimer's Alzheimer's love alzheimer's story alzheimers emotion memory true story Source Type: blogs
What People With Alzheimer’s Have Taught Me About Love
People living with Alzheimer's taught me about the never-ending and unconditional power of love. They've taught me that love matters.By Marie Marley Alzheimer's Reading RoomPeople with Alzheimer's have taught me a lot about love over the years. I learned that they may remember past love and also experience love in the present -- even if they don't talk anymore and even during the last days of their lives. Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail: I learned these lessons from Ed, my beloved Romanian soul mate of 30 years, and from several ladies I volunteer to visit at a local memory care facility. People with Alzheim...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - August 15, 2014 Category: Dementia Tags: alzheimer's stories alzheimers caregiving Alzheimers Dementia alzheimers love dementia care love for animals love music Source Type: blogs
It Looks Like Things Are Getting Much Nastier Out There! Be Prepared And Alert.
This appeared a little while ago.Why Hackers Are Targeting Health DataCIO: 'Today It's a Totally Different Kind of Attack'By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, July 7, 2014. Follow Marianne @HealthInfoSec Two years ago, a Utah Department of Health server was breached, allegedly by Eastern European hackers, and 780,000 individuals were impacted. Last month, the Montana health department confirmed a server breach impacting up to 1.3 million individuals.And now the State of Vermont confirms that a development server of the Vermont Health Connect, the state's health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act, experienced a cyberat...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 1, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
How Alzheimer’s Changed Everything - Dining Out With Ed
Being in love with a person who has Alzheimer’s can be like living on another planet.By Marie MarleyAlzheimer's Reading Room As many of you know I had a thirty-year relationship with Edward Theodoru, my beloved Romanian life partner, who later developed Alzheimer’s.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail: Dining out – Before Alzheimer’sI can’t help but remember how gallant and chivalrous Ed had been when we dined out on our first date back in 1975. I remember how he kissed my hand when I opened the door of my apartment to greet him.When we reached Lenhardt’s, a wonderful Austrian-Hungarian restaurant in ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - July 21, 2014 Category: Dementia Tags: Alzheimers Dementia alzheimers dining out Alzheimers Disease alzheimers story alzheimers symptoms brain games health life news memory loss Source Type: blogs
Answers to the Developmental Cog Neuro Quiz (and potential policy implications)
The "Guess the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Speaker" contest yielded two correct guesses (both Martha Farah for #4) and six incorrect guesses. Basically, the entire exercise was an excuse to feature the eminently quotable soundbytes of Dr. Martha Farah. A leader in the growing field of neuroethics, she directs the Center for Neuroscience & Society at the University of Pennsylvania.But all our speakers are winners really... The symposium was a smashing success.Invited Symposium Session 1The Broader Applicability of Insights from Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceChair: Silvia Bunge, UC BerkeleySpeakers: John D...
Source: The Neurocritic - April 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs
When Persons Living with Dementia Become Funny and Entertaining
George then called his granddaughter and said, “Sandra, I have a job for you. Drive me to the internet!”Marie MarleyAlzheimer's Reading RoomMy experience is that people living with Alzheimer’s can say some pretty amusing things.Many times the person is aware and even proud he or she has said something humorous. When this happens we laugh with them laugh – not at them. Soemtimes we are startled or surprised.These moments can be among the most precious we will ever have with our loved ones.There is still a lot going on the brains of persons living with dementia.If you learn to engage a person living with dementia in ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - March 13, 2014 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
What I Want You to Do If I Develop Alzheimer's
Most importantly, please remember that – like most people living with dementia – I live only in the present.Marie MarleyAlzheimer's Reading Room Sometimes it’s difficult to know how best to communicate with a person who living with Alzheimer’s disease. So, I am going to let people know in advance how I would like to be treated should I develop the disease.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail: Author’s Note: If you agree with the content of this article you may want to print it out and put it with your Will and Power of Attorney for your children to read should it ever be necessary.First of all I want...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - March 5, 2014 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
What I’ve Learned From People Living with Dementia
Visiting People with Alzheimer’s Can Be Very RewardingI was a caregiver for my beloved Romanian life partner for seven years. More recently, I volunteer to make weekly visits to four women who live at Clare Bridge, a Brookdale Senior Living memory care facility in Overland Park, Kansas. (I refer to them as “my ladies.”) I have learned so much from these ladies.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail: Marie Marley+Alzheimer's Reading Room Here are the ten most important things they have taught me.Simple pleasures can bring great joy to a person with Alzheimer’s: Even the simplest activities can be enjoyable...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 24, 2014 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer's Caregiver Survival a 7 Year Journey
Just seeing him smile and hearing him laugh had become more than enough to make up for losing our previous relationship. Our love had endured even despite Alzheimer’s – the most daunting challenge it would ever face.
By Marie Marley
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She told me three things she said would help:
Don’t bring up topics that might upset Ed
If he does get upset, change the subject quickly
Don’t argue, correct or contradict him
When I finally mastered these tips, our arguments decreased considerably and our relationship returned more or less to its former loving state.
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Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - November 6, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
