By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog Dear San Jose Mercury News Editor, When does comedy and caricature slide into lies and slander? In today’s Mallard Fillmore comic. (It featured a caricature of President Obama and suggests that Obama wants to get rid of old people.) Publishing outright lies is not being fair and balanced. It [...]
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Overuse of Denture Cream Can Cause Neurological Damage in Elderly
By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog “Does your Dad wear dentures?” the nurse asked. “Yes, partials.” It seemed like an odd question at that moment as the hospital staff were preparing my father for a procedure. “Is he wearing them now?” the nurse persisted. “I . . . I don’t know,” I said slowly as [...]
Your Mother’s Day Visit – Seeing Signs of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog This is Part One in a two part series about recognizing the signs of dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease so that aging family members can get the help they need. By the time Lita Baker came to see Dr. Susan Steen, Lita, a frail woman in her 80s, was already [...]
Can Alzheimer’s Disease Be Reversed?
By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog The statistics are grim. As many as 5 million Americans are living with some form of dementia. Alzheimer’s is the most common form — destroying more and more brain cells over time until the person loses memory and the ability to function. It is the sixth leading cause of [...]
FDA Investigates Safety of Plavix
By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog The FDA is finally responding to a 16,690-person study from pharmacy-benefits company Medco Health Solutions Inc. which suggests that people who take both Plavix, the anticlotting drug and certain heartburn drugs, called proton-pump inhibitors, have a 50% higher risk of a heart attack or other cardiac event compared to [...]
Halloween 2008 Candy Could Be Dangerous
By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog Truth is scarier than the movies. Forget about Saw V. Just keep reading . . . Back on September 29, 2008, the chocolate maker Cadbury recalled chocolate products in Asia and Australia because the milk in the product was potentially tainted with melamine. On October 8, 2008, the Canadian [...]
Hello, Technorati, Welcome to the New 3GenFamily Blog
Welcome to the new 3GenFamily Blog, Technorati. We have moved from WordPress.com in order to expand what we offer our readers.
Sending a Son to College – I Didn’t Know It Would Be Painful!
We stood for a long moment at the entrance to airport security. At eight thirty five p.m., the usual bustle of this busy airport had slowed to a trickle of passengers and flight crews tired and happy to be home. There were also a few travelers preparing to take a “red eye”, one of those late evening flights of last [...]
