James Hamilton, M. D.
Janie,
You caught the supermoon in a clearing surrounded by interesting clouds creating a nice, spooky effect! Perfect shot for Halloween if you could Photoshop in it a witch on a broom in front of the moon.
Bull and Mike McL.,
Thanks for the confidence in my medical musings!
Our local newspaper here in Colorado Springs also carries Dr. (Keith) Roach's column a few days per week (other days, Dr. Oz's and Dr. Rozien's) Dr. Roach is an Internal Medicine specialist (my specialty) which we consider to be "Doctors for Adults". I find his advice columns to be quite good. There are several "TV docs" and "Advice Column docs" who are reasonable and others who are not.
One of the topics which I am trying to put togrther for a future Forum Message Post is Dementia. This is a subject that I think may be on our minds as we age and/or have family members or friends that have some form of it. And there are many forms from mild, age-related forgetfulness (I believe that includes me) all the way through the worst forms of Alzheimer's and other severe neurodegenerative disorders. Once I get this into a succinct and understandable format, I shall post it.
Frank,
Your comment in Post #6828 regarding cryptogram games resonated with me in that several decades ago studies showed that working crossword puzzles helps keep the mind sharp and may slow down some of the memory loss that aging persons can experience. I suspect that this applies to most "mind games" that are in newspapers and paperbacks we see in grocery store check-out lanes.
Use that mind or lose it!
Jim
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