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From Monday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 10:49 AM EDT 24/04/07

The holes in their recall have worried Canadians of all ages popping antioxidants and spending big bucks on private testing ...Read the full article

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  1. Ian Pregitzer from Edmonton, Canada writes: I'm sorry - I just forgot what I was going to write . . .
  2. Alister Sutherland from Toronto, writes: What was this about again?
  3. Western Girl from Calgary, Canada writes: And the really lucrative thing for the clinic is, the patients probably can't remember paying the $495.00 fee.
  4. Albin Forone from Toronto, Canada writes: More helpful would be a checklist of some of the ordinary stressful external factors that can cause an otherwise sound person to go blank for a while: new house, new job, gain or loss of a significant other, money trouble, kid trouble, car trouble, significant pet trouble. I'll never forget a dinner with some friends with a couple of the above in hectic play, so that I was conversationally disabled because I couldn't recall ordinary things. When I calmed down, it all came back. No drugs or therapy "indicated."
  5. Stude Ham from Outremont, Canada writes: So there's this bit of a something or other loss and i can't remember what that is. .. the article says booze.... so it's not the scotch... whew... but hey... everyone fails to remember... especially when under intense questioning by legal experts... most common response... i don't recall... i would rather spend the dough on scotch and its comforting properties than on experts who claim they can perhaps improve my what was it already?
  6. harry schmidt from Shanghai,China, Canada writes: Yes it is a bit embarrassing when one is suddenly not able to recall names of people that one has known for a long time. Since I learned that my mother did not recognize anyone 2 years before her death at 89, I sure do not want to leave my loved ones that way.
    I do eat healthy foods, like avoiding animal fats, play tennis and swim. But to exercise my brain I began to teach English overseas. Now teaching involves reading up on various subjects, singing and just keeping the mind occupied. Keep drinking alcoholic beverages to a minimum is also good. But still maintain a good sense of humour. Now at age 72 I have to think of what to do next to keep busy since teaching at my age becomes more of an impediment. I do enjoy it though, and it shows.
    Look after your body and the body looks after you.
  7. Margaret Ross from Burk's Falls, Canada writes: This is not a funny converstion. My mother, a bright and eloquent lady developed Alzheimers in her middle sixties. That was in 1973 or 74 and we had never heard of the problem. In fact it wasn't until she got really bad that doctors decided she might have that problem.

    She died at 74 after having known none of her family for 3 years. What a lose this was to us. I am now going on 72 and I worry about this condition.
    I have had some of they symptoms described above and the most frustrating is the lose of a word or chain of thought when I am posting such as now.

    I certainly do a lot of the things suggested above and I am presently working on Tai Chi. I am having real difficulty keeping up with the class because I literally can't remember the moves and cannot work my hands and feet at the same time.

    So when one never knows what the future holds it is frightening to say the least. Would I pay for this treatment, probably not since I am a senior and have to live on Goverment pensions.
  8. W E from Canada writes: This article brings to light a few things. Dr. Friessen is successfuly fear mongering by convincing people who are at very low risk of having Alzheimer's that they need to be checked. She is also promoting the use of dubious (at best) at-home remedies to stave off impending Alzheimer's. She is also making a lot of money at what she's doing. Essentially this article brings to light the fact that with the possibility of a semi-private health care system looming some time in Canada's future, patients and physicians alike need to learn how to find and use medical evidence to make informed decisions about health care.

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