I have Alzheimer’s disease…AND I’m riding, I’m laughing, and I’m exploring. My name is Jim Dooley. I worked as a counselor at the VA for twenty-two years and enjoyed my job. About a year and a half ago, I started noticing that I was having trouble using my computer and the new software programs. At […]
Alzheimer’s is an insidious presence in the community. The dreaded “A” word looms large in the minds of many. You will be hard pressed to walk a block without encountering Alzheimer’s disease at work. It is in Vermont cities, towns, and neighborhoods. Think of the your harried neighbor, her arms loaded with a week’s worth […]
What constitutes normal memory? How is memory formed and used? Normal memory is the ability to do three major activities: 1) Learn new information; 2) Place that information into storage in the brain; and 3) When needed, retrieve that information from storage. The two brain structures that take the lead roles in memory formation are […]
In honor of National Aphasia Awareness Month, the Aphasia Choir will be performing a free, public concert on Sunday, June 8th at 2:00 p.m. at the University of Vermont Medical Center’s Davis Auditorium. A reception will follow. “When…I…sing, I feel…free.” This quote came from a man who suffered a left hemisphere stroke many years ago, the […]
Stroke. For most of us, it’s a terrifying word because we imagine a stroke leaving us unable to talk, move, or to be ourselves. But do you truly understand what it means? A stroke occurs when a blood vessel carrying oxygen to your brain is either blocked or bursts. If this happens, a part of […]
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Loading...There is an episode of Seinfeld in which Elaine explains that she is “hard of smelling.” We laugh. That’s ridiculous. How can one be hard of smelling? But, truth is much stranger than fiction. You can be hard of smelling. In fact, problems with sense of smell affect up to 20 percent of Americans and […]
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)Loading...As a child, did you dream of becoming an Olympian? Did you envision yourself up on the podium with a gold medal around your neck while the National Anthem played? Well, for most of us, those dreams did not become a reality, but for our children and grandchildren, the dream is still alive. The Bike […]
Two years ago, my college-aged son and I were skiing at a local slope and he was showing me all of his tricks in the “park” (you know: the rails, and the jumps, and such). I watched him fall and strike his head on one of the rails and even though he was wearing a […]
The 15th International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) will bring the world’s best female hockey stars to Vermont from April 7th to April 14th. Teams will hail from the USA, Canada, Finland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia and Germany. The USA claimed gold at the past three IIHF Women’s World Championships and Canada claimed gold at the […]
Headaches are an entirely misunderstood phenomenon. Half of Americans will experience some type of headache this year, and more than 90 percent of Americans will experience a headache in their lifetimes. While mild headaches are a nearly universal human experience, their familiarity, combined with widespread use of painkillers, has left a common impression that headaches […]
