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You’ve likely seen pictures of some of his most iconic photos: soldiers from WW II or gorgeous shots of Sophia Loren and Georgia O’Keefe. For 93-year-old Tony Vaccaro, life has always been about snapping the next image. As he contemplates his past and tries to organize his photographic collection, what’s…

Progress toward relieving the symptoms of Alzheimer’s has been frustratingly slow.  This is especially worrisome given our aging population. Yet one recent study suggests a possible new approach to lessening the burden of Alzheimer’s. Canadian researchers tested the hypothesis that lower body temperatures may lead to the greater manifestation of…

Does this sound familiar? Waiting in a doctor’s office, flipping through a magazine, sitting in the exam room wondering how much longer. For many of us, this commonly occurs at a medical visit. So too does “white coat syndrome” i.e., being so anxious at the doctor that your blood pressure…

Right now there is no specific medical test to definitively diagnose Alzheimer’s in patients thought to have this dreaded disease. Often the diagnosis is not confirmed until an autopsy after death. However, scientists have recently reported that an early urine test to diagnose Alzheimer’s may be on the horizon.  Read…