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Tag: Alzheimer’s disease

A woman outside the window talks to her husband who is quarantined for coronavirus.
Posted inAging

Amid rising numbers of NC COVID-19 cases, uncertainties over seniors’ safety take hold

by Thomas Goldsmith August 13, 2021August 31, 2022

By Thomas Goldsmith From New Year’s Day until late June, when the happy summer of a tamer COVID-19 was supposed to be underway, cases of the novel coronavirus among North Carolinians older than 65 fell by about 98 percent. Then came the Delta variant, with its increased ability to spread infection and cause more serious […]

Shows cars on a highway with signs overhead, the skyline in the distance and a Coca Cola sign reading "made in Charlotte"
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Study finds link between air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease in Charlotte area

by Greg Barnes July 23, 2021August 31, 2022
photo shows a laptop with a zoom meeting of people who are meeting remotely because of COVID
Posted inAging

As COVID-19 menaces NC, therapists reach out to people with speech, memory problems

by Thomas Goldsmith May 13, 2020May 14, 2020
shows a purple light over the door of a hospital room to signify the presence of someone with dementia inside
Posted inAging

NC hospital patients with dementia get support from new UNC Health Care initiative

by Thomas Goldsmith March 11, 2020March 10, 2020
shows the back of a wheelchair, with an old and wizened hand on the arm of the chair
Posted inAging

North Carolina continues to slow creation of beds for dementia patients

by Emily Davis August 8, 2019October 8, 2019
shows brightly colored brain scans of patients with dementia and one without dementia
Posted inAging

Poor financial skills, exploitation tied to dementia

by Thomas Goldsmith July 17, 2019July 16, 2019

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