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Archive for the ‘Alzheimer's’ Category

May 17th, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Light Your Fire

Here at Mental Health Notes and b5media’s Health & Wellness Channel, it’s become the trend for every week to feel just as busy - if not busier - than the last. I love it, mind you. I just think I need to sit down and seriously re-evaluate my current system of organization.
Anyway, on to what […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 comments

May 13th, 2008

Join The Health & Wellness Channel In Recognizing Mental Health Month!

Yipee! It’s the Health & Wellness Channel’s monthly theme day, and I’m super excited because not only am I finally hosting, but the theme is mental health in honor of May being Mental Health Month!
My fellow b5media bloggers have really pulled together and presented some great information this month, so grab a cup of coffee […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 8 comments

April 26th, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Gathers No Moss

Let’s glance back at some of the topics I covered this week here at Mental Health Notes. I shared pictures during Sunday’s Brain Break, mused on the mental health repercussions for the FLDS religious sect children, explained why being kind to the earth (and not just on Earth Day!) was good for our minds, offered […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments

April 12th, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Your Brain’s Weekly Smorgasbord Of Sanitylicious

I’m trying a bit of a different style for Saturday Sanity. Let me know what you think!

First up, let me refresh your memory regarding some of the more interesting things that went on at Mental Health Notes this week: The Lolcats paid us a visit, Boston Legal made me proud, the folks opposing the postpartum […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 4 comments

March 22nd, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Brain Breaks, A.S.S. Awards, NAMI Updates, And A Former Marine

This week’s Saturday Sanity includes Mental Health Notes updates as well as mental health-related news around the globe.
Enjoy!

Last Sunday, I launched a new, hopefully permanent series here at Mental Health Notes called Brain Break. Unsurprisingly, the idea is to give our brains a break. Check out the announcement post and let me know what you […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments

January 12th, 2008

How Can Beer And Best Buy Save Your Mental Health?

Happy Saturday Sanity, Mental Health Notes readers! No, you haven’t miscounted - there are indeed 10 instead of five sanity-worthy stories and updates this weekend. Enjoy!

The writer of What Winners Do, whom I met during my own battle with Cymbalta-withdrawal (she was the first commenter on the popular Cymbalta: The Withdrawal Symptoms From Hell post!), […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments

December 30th, 2007

Protecting Wandering Loved Ones This Winter

One bitterly cold winter night, several years ago when I was younger, perhaps in high school, an elderly couple in my community got lost in a snow storm. It was after choir practice one Sunday night, and when the couple left the church, instead of walking a few feet down the sidewalk to their car, […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment

October 13th, 2007

Teeth: Predictors Of Your Mental Health?

I can’t believe it’s Saturday again already! Where does the time go? Considering I’ve been glued to the computer for the entire past week trying to meet a crunch-time deadline for work, I guess that’s where it went, haha.
I’m pleased to announce that being completely bipolar and depression medication-free for the first time in three […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 comments

July 27th, 2007

Tracking Device Made Available for Cognitive Disorder Mental Health Patients

While watching my local news this morning, I found out that my home county has just started integrating a “tracking device” for people with cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s and autism. The device is designed to help family, friends, and law enforcement located mental health patients should they be abducted or wander from home.
I’m assuming […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 comments

June 11th, 2007

Have the Risks for Alzheimer’s Increased?

By 2050, 1 in 85 persons worldwide will have Alzheimer’s disease,” said Ron Brookmeyer of Johns Hopkins University” (New tests may help predict Alzheimer’s: conference).
This isn’t the kind of thing you want to hear five minutes after you’ve poured your first cup of coffee and snuggled up on the couch for your daily dose of […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment

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