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Can a Mediterranean Diet Arrest Alzheimer's?

New study shows it may have major impact

By:

Lauren Kramer, JE Feature

A study published in a recent issue of The Archives of Neurology Journal by a team headed by Dr. Nikolaos Scarmeas at New York's Columbia University found that a Mediterranean diet might help prevent the full-blown dementia of Alzheimer's disease among patients with early memory problems. Of people who were suffering from recall problems, those who followed a diet high...

Travel

What the Beep-Beep: How Safe Is That Tour Bus?

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Robert Janis, JE Feature

Whenever travel on the highways is involved, safety should be a top priority. That is no less so when selecting a bus company for your tour, whether it be going to the Lower East Side to check out Jewish heritage sites or your organization's trip to Broadway. One issue that is up front for you to actually see is the...

Personal Finance

In Debt Do Us Part ...

Now that the tax man has been paid -- you did pay him, right? If not, ignore this column until later and start thinking of your excuses -- there's another fiscal matter that seems to be afflicting more and more consumers these days, notably those who never had such a problem: Dealing with debt collections. To fall behind on debt...

Education

'Cutting-Edge' Educator Gets Ready to Step Down, but Not to Stop

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Bryan Schwartzman

Helene Z. Tigay is preparing to step down as executive director of the Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education after 20 years with the organization, 18 of them spent in her current post. While the lifelong educator said that she isn't exactly leaving a "To Do" list behind for her successor, she acknowledged that there's still plenty left to do...

Health

Reversing the Image of Dyslexics

Psychiatrist/neurologist offers new insight into affliction

By:

Rita Charleston, JE Feature

It took a while -- almost a century -- for the assumptions made about dyslexia in 1896 to catch up with Dr. Harold N. Levinson's theory, first espoused in 1973, about what he felt to be the cause of the malady. "Dyslexia has remained a scientific enigma, defying most attempts at medical understanding, diagnosis, prediction, treatment and prevention," explains Levinson,...