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Total Recall

Nancy Sokoler Steiner January 22, 2004

Twice in the past couple of days, I\’ve been in conversation and found myself grasping for a word. On both occasions, my 4-year-old supplied the word before I could come up with it. And, of course, there are the times that I walk into a room only to realize that I have no idea what I wanted to do once I got there. Are these natural lapses or early signs of something more sinister?

\”We are all one day closer to Alzheimer\’s disease,\” Dr. Gary Small says forebodingly in his book \”The Memory Bible: An Innovative Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young\” (Hyperion, 2003). \”Alzheimer\’s and dementia begin forming in our brains much earlier than anyone previously imagined, even in our 20s.\”

Failing Minds Fall Prey to Holocaust

Jane Ulman April 24, 2003

"Why did you come? Go, go before it\’s too late," Laja Szydlowski warned her daughter, Hanna. She then whispered, "They\’re killing people here. You don\’t understand."

The Search for an Alzheimer’s Cure

Charlotte Hildebrand August 2, 2001

For most people in the beginning stages of Alzheimer\’s disease, the simplest task, like writing a check, becomes a Herculean undertaking.

My Brother’s Keeper

Yehuda Lev May 27, 1999

My brother, who at 70 is younger than me by two years, has a world-class collection of the mysteries of Agatha Christie and a complete set of the novels of Anthony Trollope. They are being joined, gradually, by the Greek historians and Galsworthy\’s Forsythe Saga.