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Previous research has shown that being overweight could increase your risk of Alzheimer's. But a new study shows that people with certain biomarkers for the disease are actually more likely to be thin. More »
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Pat Robertson, who's clearly never seen The Notebook, said this week on his Christian Broadcasting Network program the 700 Club that it's acceptable to divorce your spouse if they're suffering from Alzheimer's. Robertson was responding to a caller who said a friend had started seeing another woman after his wife started suffering from the disorder. "I know it sounds cruel, but if he's going to do something, he should divorce her and start all over again, but make sure she has custodial care and somebody looking after her," Robertson said. When his cohost, Terry Meeuwsen asked about the vows "for better or for worse" and "in sickness and in health," Robertson replied, "If you respect that vow, you say `til death do us part ... This is a kind of death." More »
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Alzheimer's doesn't run in Seth Rogen's family, but he has been touched deeply by the disease. His fiancée's mother suffers from Alzheimer's — and has had if for several years — though she is only 59. Rogen and his fiancée are part of a CNN special airing on Sunday, hosted by Larry King, called "Unthinkable: The Alzheimer's Epidemic." More »
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Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic report that they may know how to identify people at risk for developing Alzheimer's: By asking them whether they recognize famous names like Britney Spears or Johnny Carson. [Time] More »
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Here's one family that really makes the best of Alzheimer's! More »
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Deborah Solomon of the New York Times Magazine sat down with retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor ostensibly to talk about O'Connor's civics site for kids, Our Courts. But that's apparently way boring. More »
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Let us go then, you and I, when the evening is spread out against the sky, to the Alzheimer's Association gala at the Beverly Hilton, where women apparently dressed while etherised upon a table. More »
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• Gwyneth's mom Blythe Danner says Gwyn's marriage is a-ok, despite rumors of a split. “They don’t take pictures together if they can avoid it. It’s a strategy. They don’t want the pandemonium.” [Fox News]

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• A recent study suggests that women who suffer from panic/anxiety attacks [That would be me! -Ed.] have a higher chance of suffering a heart attack or stroke later in life. [USA Today]

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