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How much does personality determine our health? That question has been pondered, studied and argued over for decades.

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Terry Pratchett Has Posterior Cortical Atrophy (Benson's Syndrome) A Rare Type Of Alzheimer's

Before the best selling author Terry Pratchett announced he had been diagnosed with a rare form of Alheimer's, few people would ever have heard of Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA). First described by Frank Benson in 1988, and sometimes referred to as... Read more

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It’s A Puzzlement!

This post is a hard one for me. I am really opening myself up, exposing a very private “secret”. I may be making more of it than need be. You be the judge. I am a little worried about my mind…about losing... Read more

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