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PET scan can aid dementia diagnosis

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:22:44 GMT

clipped by: BobbyDelray

DEAR MARY: At one of your seminars you mentioned a test for Alzheimer's disease that can be done when all other tests have been exhausted. I am in need of that information for my mother. She lives in Charles County and is being released from a nursing and rehabilitation facility very soon. It is obvious she has dementia and I need to know how to have her evaluated. What tests should I request for her?

DEAR READER: The test I mentioned was the PET scan. It is the most precise diagnostic tool available, but still not 100 percent accurate.

Your mother should be evaluated by a neurologist skilled in diagnosing dementia

She needs a thorough neurological work-up that includes personal and family history, cognitive testing, a CAT scan of the brain and blood work to rule out any medical cause of her symptoms.

The Bush jobs record

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:02:04 GMT

clipped by: BobbyDelray

Clip Source: krugman.blogs.nytimes.com

Changes in nonfarm employment since inauguration under the last two administrations:

1. The official recession may have been short, but the employment recession of 2001-2003 was anything but

2. The administration’s habit of counting job gains since August 2003 is revealed for the cheap trick it is

3. Even during the good years, job growth under Bush was slower than the average under Clinton

Add: I may have been unclear: this is the total number of jobs added, in thousands, since January 1993 and January 2001 respectively. So the Clinton years ended with a net gain of about 23 million jobs, whereas the Bush years so far have seen a net gain of about 5 million. That’s not to say that either president deserves credit/blame for everything that happened on his watch; it’s just about the real facts of the case.

Tags: bush, jobs

Army Worried by Rising Stress of Return Tours

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:14:17 GMT

clipped by: BobbyDelray
clipper's remarks: I wonder when people are going to ask themselves about their own patriotism? We sit back comfortably and watched as the same men and women are sent to Iraq over and over.

What sacrifice has the American public made to support our efforts in Iraq?

What is the real definition of Patriotism?

When is the public going to say that these practices go against everything we believe and stand up against?

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Army leaders are expressing increased alarm about the mental health of soldiers who would be sent back to the front again and again under plans that call for troop numbers to be sustained at high levels in Iraq for this year and beyond.

Among combat troops sent to Iraq for the third or fourth time, more than one in four show signs of anxiety, depression or acute stress, according to an official Army survey of soldiers’ mental health.

President Bush has signaled that he will endorse General Petraeus’s recommendation, a decision that will leave close to 140,000 American troops in Iraq

But in a meeting with Mr. Bush late last month in advance of General Petraeus’s testimony, the Joint Chiefs of Staff expressed deep concern about stress on the force, senior Defense Department and military officials said.

Among the 513,000 active-duty soldiers who have served in Iraq since the invasion of 2003, more than 197,000 have deployed more than once

more than 53,000 have deployed three or more times

Tags: iraq, war, patriotism