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2016-07-04T12:42:00.000-04:00

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What's the Difference Between Alzheimer's and Dementia

Does Green Tea Prevent Alzheimer's Disease?

2013-07-02T13:57:00.002-04:00

One of the hottest topics in the Alzheimer's community this week is about Green Tea and its effectiveness in preventing Alzheimer's.

Recent articles and research reports are extolling the virtue of green tea as a potential Alzheimer's Disease prevention . Fact or hype? Read on to learn more about the current hubba bubba around green tea extract.

Interesting medical science and opinion

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Alzheimer's Disease Explained To Children

What’s killing the less-educated white women of America?

2013-06-28T09:30:00.000-04:00

For nearly three decades researchers have known that better-educated adults are living increasingly longer than those with less education.

What’s killing the less-educated white women of America? | Pew Research Center http://bit.ly/11LGwBc

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The Fourth of July by the Numbers

2013-06-27T15:19:00.000-04:00

The Fourth of July 2013

On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this most American of holidays will be marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country.

2.5 million
In July 1776, the estimated number of people living in the newly independent nation.
Source: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970
http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/HistoricalStatisticsoftheUnitedStates1789-1945.pdf

316.2 million
The nation’s estimated population on this July Fourth.
Source: U.S. and World Population Clock
http://www.census.gov/popclock/

The Signers
56
Numbers of signers to the Declaration of Independence.
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston comprised the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration. Jefferson, regarded as the strongest and most eloquent writer, wrote most of the document.

It’s also worth noting that:

-- John Hancock, President of the Second Continental Congress, was the first signer. This merchant by trade did so in an entirely blank space making it the largest and most famous signature – hence the term John Hancock, which is still used today as a synonym for signature. There are 7,354,043 businesses with paid employees in the U.S., according to the 2011 County Business Patterns.
-- Benjamin Franklin (age 70), who represented Pennsylvania, was the oldest of the signers.

-- Franklin County, Pa., had an estimated population of 151,275 as of July 1, 2012. Edward Rutledge (age 26), of South Carolina, was the youngest.

-- Two future presidents signed, John Adams (second President) and Thomas Jefferson (third President). Both died on the 50th anniversary of signing the Declaration (July 4, 1826). There are 12 counties nationwide named Adams and 26 named Jefferson.

-- Robert Livingston, who represented New York, was on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence but was recalled by his state before he could sign it. Livingston County, N.Y., was home to an estimated 64,810 people as of July 1, 2012.

-- Representing Georgia in 1776 were Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall and George Walton. Gwinnett County, Ga. (842,046), Hall County, Ga. (185,416) and Walton County, Ga. (84,575) were named for these signers.
-- Charles Carroll, who represented Maryland, was the last surviving member of the signers of the Declaration. He died in 1832 at the age of 95. Carroll County, Md., named for him, had an estimated population of 167,217 as of July 1, 2012.

-- Roger Sherman, who worked as a land surveyor and lawyer, represented Connecticut. Today, there are an estimated 30,445 surveyors, cartographers and photogrammetrists employed full time, year-round, and 840,813 lawyers employed full time, year-round nationwide, according to the 2011 American Community Survey.

-- Nelson County, Va. (14,827) and Wythe County, Va. (29,251) were named for two of the six signers who represented the state of Virginia – Thomas Nelson Jr. and George Wythe.

Sources: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_1YR_B24124&prodType=table

Fireworks
$218.2 million
The value of fireworks imported from China in 2012, representing the bulk of all U.S. fireworks imported ($227.3 million). U.S. exports of fireworks, by comparison, came to just $11.7 million in 2012, with Israel purchasing more than any other country ($2.5 million).

$231.8 million
The value of U.S. manufacturers’ shipments of fireworks and pyrotechnics (including flares, igniters, etc.) in 2007.
Source: 2007 Economic Census, Series EC0731SP1, Products and Services Code 325998J108

Flags
$3.8 million
In 2012, the dollar value of U.S. imports of American flags. The vast majority of this amount ($3.6 million) was for U.S. flags made in China.
Source: Foreign Trade Statistics

$614,115
Dollar value of U.S. flags exported in 2012. Mexico was the leading customer, purchasing $188,824 worth.
Source: Foreign Trade Statistics

$302.7 million

Dollar value of shipments of fabricated flags, banners and similar emblems by the nation’s manufacturers in 2007, according to the latest published economic census statistics.

Source: 2007 Economic Census, Series EC0731SP1, Products and Services Code 3149998231

Patriotic-Sounding Place Names

Fifty-nine places contain the word “liberty” in the name. Pennsylvania, with 11, has more of these places than any other state. Of the 59 places nationwide containing “liberty” in the name, four are counties: Liberty County, Ga. (65,471), Liberty County, Fla. (8,276), Liberty County, Mont. (2,392) and Liberty County, Texas (76,571).

One place has “patriot” in its name. Patriot, Ind., has an estimated population of 209.

The most common patriotic-sounding word used within place names is “union” with 136. Pennsylvania, with 33, has more of these places than any other state. Other words most commonly used in place names are Washington (127), Franklin (118), Jackson (96) and Lincoln (95).

Sources: TIGER Shapefiles, the Census Bureau's geographic database (Place/MCD/County combined “used within name” count), Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011

The British are Coming!

$109.8 billion
Dollar value of trade last year between the United States and the United Kingdom, making the British, our adversary in 1776, our sixth-leading trading partner today.
Source: Foreign Trade Statistics

Fourth of July Cookouts
65.9 million
Number of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2013. Chances are that the pork hot dogs and sausages consumed on the Fourth of July originated in Iowa. The Hawkeye State was home to 20.3 million hogs and pigs. North Carolina (8.9 million) and Minnesota (7.8 million) were also homes to large numbers of pigs.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service,

6.3 billion pounds
Total estimated production of cattle and calves in Texas in 2012. Chances are good that the beef hot dogs, steaks and burgers on your backyard grill came from the Lone Star State, which accounted for nearly one-sixth of the nation’s total production. And if the beef did not come from Texas, it very well may have come from Nebraska (estimated at5.1 billion pounds) or Kansas (estimated at 3.8 billion pounds).
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

6
Number of states in which the value of broiler chicken production was estimated at $1 billion or greater between December 2011 and November 2012. There is a good chance that one of these states — Georgia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi or Texas — is the source of your barbecued chicken.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

345 million

Acreage planted of potatoes in Idaho in 2012, the most in the nation. Washington followed with 165 million acres. The total 2012 potato crop is forecast to exceed 467 million hundredweight (cwt), the highest level since 2000 when 523 million cwt was produced. Potato salad is a popular food item at Fourth of July barbecues.

Source: USDA, National Agriculture Statistics Service, Economic Research Service

How Do We Know?

As we celebrate this Independence Day, we reflect on how our Founding Fathers enshrined the importance of statistics in our Constitution as a vital tool for measuring our people, places and economy. Since 1790, the U.S. Census has been much more than a simple head count; it has charted the growth and composition of our nation. The questions have evolved over time to address our changing needs. Today, the 10-year census, the economic census and the American Community Survey give Congress and community leaders the information they need to make informed decisions that shape our democracy. These statistics are how we know how our country is doing.

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Chimps or Humans -- Who's the Better Baseball Pitcher?

2013-06-26T14:44:00.000-04:00

Little leaguers and professional baseball players alike have our extinct ancestors to thank for their success on the mound,

shows a study by George Washington University researcher Neil Roach, which is featured on the cover of the June 27 edition of the journal Nature.

Of course, the ability to throw fast and accurately did not evolve so our ancestors could play ball. Instead, Dr. Roach’s study proposes that this ability first evolved nearly 2 million years ago to aid in hunting. Humans are unique in their throwing ability, even when compared to our chimpanzee cousins.
“Chimpanzees are incredibly strong and athletic, yet adult male chimps can only throw about 20 miles per hour—one-third the speed of a 12-year-old little league pitcher,” said Dr. Roach, the study’s lead author and a postdoctoral scientist in GW’s Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences.

Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Roach and colleagues from Harvard University set out to discover how humans throw so well, and when and why this ability evolved.
Using a 3-D camera system, like those used to make video games and animated movies, they recorded the throwing motions of collegiate baseball players, finding that the human shoulder acts much like a slingshot during a throw, storing and releasing large amounts of energy.

“When humans throw, we first rotate our arms backwards away from the target. It is during this ‘arm-cocking’ phase that humans stretch the tendons and ligaments crossing their shoulder and store elastic energy,” Dr. Roach said. “When this energy is released, it accelerates the arm forward, generating the fastest motion the human body produces, resulting in a very fast throw.”

Dr. Roach and colleagues also found that certain anatomical features in the torso, shoulder and arm that evolved in our hominin ancestors made this energy storage possible. These features that allow humans to throw so well first appeared in the species Homo erectus approximately 2 million years ago.
“We think that throwing was probably most important early on in terms of hunting behavior, enabling our ancestors to effectively and safely kill big game,” Dr. Roach said. “Eating more calorie-rich meat and fat would have allowed our ancestors to grow larger brains and bodies and expand into new regions of the world—all of which helped make us who we are today.”

Dr. Roach’s study may also have important modern-day implications for some athletes. Baseball pitchers, for example, throw much more frequently than our ancestors probably did.

“At the end of the day, despite the fact that we evolved to throw, when we overuse this ability it can end up injuring us,” Dr. Roach said.

The next step for Dr. Roach and his colleagues is researching what humans were throwing so long ago, especially since stone projectile points don’t appear in the archaeological record until much more recently. The likely weapons of choice? Rocks and sharpened wooden spears.
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In the heart of the nation's capital with additional programs in Virginia, the George Washington University was created by an Act of Congress in 1821. Today, GW is the largest institution of higher education in the District of Columbia. The university offers comprehensive programs of undergraduate and graduate liberal arts study, as well as degree programs in medicine, public health, law, engineering, education, business and international affairs. Each year, GW enrolls a diverse population of undergraduate, graduate and professional students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and more than 130 countries.

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Alzheimer's Care Like Walking Backwards with a Blindfold On

2013-03-31T11:28:00.001-04:00

Alzheimers Care Like Walking Backwards with a Blindfold On

Urinary Tract Infections Can Hasten Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Patients

2013-02-28T14:51:00.001-05:00

Researchers have found a link between common infections, such as a cold, stomach bug or urine infection and an increase in inflammation like reactions in the brain which lead to an increased rate of cognitive decline. Study results show that people who got an infection had twice the rate of memory loss as people without infections.

By Bob DeMarco
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My name is Bob DeMarco, I am an Alzheimer's caregiver. My mother Dorothy lived with Alzheimer's disease.

This week my mother had her second urinary tract infection of the year. Urinary Tract infections are a problem faced by many Alzheimer's caregivers.

Urinary tract infections are particularly worrisome to me and they should be to most Alzheimer's caregivers.

There is research evidence indicating that infections can hasten memory loss in persons suffering from Alzheimer's.

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Nutritional Supplement Chiro Inositol May Help Prevent Dementia

2013-01-14T13:07:00.001-05:00

“Chiro (Chiro-inositols) is a nutraceutical that we believe sensitizes your brain to the effects of insulin ... This would presumably enhance insulin action and protect the brain from Alzheimer’s.” ~ David Brautigan

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We have quite a bit of information available on insulin, the connection between diabetes and Alzheimer's, and ongoing clinical trials into the use of insulin as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.

You can find all of this information by searching the Alzheimer's Reading Room Knowledge Base.

The study described below was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of chiro-inositol (Chiro) and whether or not it would enhance insulin action as a result protect the brain against Alzheimer's disease.

Chiro-inositol can be found in some foods but it is not usually abundant in most diets. However, Chiro is available as a nutritional supplement.

Is anyone on our list taking Chiro?

Would you consider trying this nutritional supplement?

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How To Use the Alzheimer's Reading Room Knowledge Base

2013-01-08T16:23:00.001-05:00

The Alzheimer's Reading Room Knowledge Base contains more than 4,000 articles. In the Alzheimer's Reading Room (ARR), we offer "real life" solutions to problems that Alzheimer's caregivers and their families encounter each day.

By Bob DeMarco
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The goal of the Alzheimer's Reading Roomis to Educate, Empower, and sometimes Entertain Alzheimer's caregivers, their families, and the entire Alzheimer's community.

At its core the Alzheimer's Reading Room is about helping members of the Alzheimer'sand Dementia Community understand, cope, and communicate with persons living with Alzheimer's and Dementia.

The Alzheimer's Reading Room is currently the number one source of information for Alzheimer's, dementia, memory loss, and related health and life news on the Internet.

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Accepting Alzheimers, Coping in Alzheimers World

2013-01-03T13:49:00.001-05:00

Did you ever wonder why most Alzheimer's patients stick like glue to their caregiver? Call out their name when they can't see them? Want to know where you are when they can't see you?

By Bob DeMarco
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When a person has Alzheimer's disease or another type of dementia they are often difficult to understand. The behaviors they express are often difficult to accept.

It be be very hard to deal with a person suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

It is hard to understand that a person can't remember. Harder to accept that when they can't remember, they will do things that are completely foreign to your frame of reference.

Each of us has emotions and feelings. Alzheimer's has a way of bringing out the worst of these feelings and emotions.

The challenge -- learning to deal with a person living with Alzheimer's on their own terms. Learning to deal with Alzheimer's disease.

Matt Damon takes on energy industry with fracking film Promised Land

2012-12-29T12:29:00.001-05:00

As one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors with a reputation for straight-talking, he has made little secret of his willingness to confront thorny political and social issues.

Now Matt Damon is facing off against one of America's most powerful institutions - the oil and gas industry - in a film that represents a new battleground for environmentalists' campaigns against fracking.

Promised Land, which goes on nationwide release in the US this week, is set to intensify debate on the controversial drilling technique to such an extent that the industry has prepared a public relations campaign of its own to mitigate the film's impact.

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- NOVEMBER 2012

2012-12-07T08:58:00.001-05:00

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 146,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Employment increased in retail trade, professional and business services, and health care.

Household Survey Data

The unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent in November. The number of unemployed persons, at 12.0 million, changed little. (See table A-1.)  Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.2 percent), adult women (7.0 percent), teenagers (23.5 percent), whites (6.8 percent), and Hispanics (10.0 percent) showed little or no change in November. The unemployment rate for blacks (13.2 percent) declined over the month. The jobless rate for Asians was 6.4 percent (not seasonally adjusted), little changed from a year earlier. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 4.8 million in November. These individuals accounted for 40.1 percent of the unemployed. (See table A-12.)  The civilian labor force participation rate declined by 0.2 percentage point to 63.6 percent in November, offsetting an increase of the same amount in October. Total employment was about unchanged in November, following a combined increase of 1.3 million over the prior 2 months. The employment-population ratio, at 58.7 percent, changed little in November. (See table A-1.)

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers), at 8.2 million in November, was little changed over the month. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.)

In November, 2.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, essentially unchanged from a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.)

Among the marginally attached, there were 979,000 discouraged workers in November, little changed from a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.5 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in November had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.)

Read the full blown report in the Bureau of Labor Statistics --   THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION

Alzheimer's Reading Room

2012-11-10T15:16:00.001-05:00

The Alzheimer's Reading Room is the number one source of life news and health information for the entire Alzheimers and Dementia community.The goal of the Alzheimer's Reading Room is to Educate and Empower Alzheimer's caregivers their families, and the entire Alzheimer's community.

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Regular Physical Activity Reduces Risk of Dementia in Older People

2012-11-02T11:16:00.002-04:00

Study Highlights:

Physical activity significantly reduces the risk of dementia in older people.
The effect of physical activity remained regardless of age, education or history of stroke or diabetes.
Thirty minutes of physical activity three times a week had a significant impact on brain

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EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- OCTOBER 2012

2012-11-02T08:55:00.001-04:00

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 171,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Employment rose in professional and business services, health care,and retail trade.

Household Survey Data Both the unemployment rate (7.9 percent) and the number of unemployed persons (12.3 million) were essentially unchanged in October, following declines in September.(See table A-1.) Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for blacks increased to 14.3 percent in October, while the rates for adult men (7.3 percent), adult women (7.2 percent), teenagers (23.7 percent), whites (7.0 percent), and Hispanics (10.0 percent) showed little or no change. The jobless rate for Asians was 4.9 percent in October (not seasonally adjusted), down from 7.3 percent a year earlier. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) In October, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 5.0 million. These individuals accounted for 40.6 percent of the unemployed. (See table A-12.) The civilian labor force rose by 578,000 to 155.6 million in October, and the labor force participation rate edged up to 63.8 percent. Total employment rose by 410,000 over the month. The employment-population ratio was essentially unchanged at 58.8 percent, following an increase of 0.4 percentage point in September. (See table A-1.) The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) fell by 269,000 to 8.3 million in October, partially offsetting an increase of 582,000 in September. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.) In October, 2.4 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, little different from a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.) Among the marginally attached, there were 813,000 discouraged workers in October, a decline of 154,000 from a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.6 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in October had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.) Read more details and the breakdown at the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Super Brain - Deepak Choprah and Rudy Tanzi | All American Investor

2012-10-23T12:52:00.001-04:00

Bestselling author and physician Deepak Chopra and Harvard Medical School professor Rudolph E. Tanzi, one of the world's foremost experts on the causes of Alzheimer’s, have merged their wisdom and expertise for a bold new understanding of the brain and its untapped potential.

Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being
In contrast to the “baseline brain” that fulfills the tasks of everyday life, Chopra and Tanzi propose that, through a person’s increased self-awareness and conscious intention, the brain can be taught to reach far beyond its present limitations.
“We are living in a golden age for brain research, but is this a golden age for your brain?” they ask.

Super Brain explains how to demolishing the five most widespread myths about the brain that limit your potential, and then offer methods to:

Use your brain instead of letting it use you

Create the ideal lifestyle for a healthy brain

Reduce the risks of aging

Promote happiness and well-being through the mind-body connection

Access the enlightened brain, the gateway to freedom and bliss

Overcome the most common challenges, such as memory loss, depression, anxiety, and obesity.

Your brain is capable of incredible healing and constant reshaping. Through a new relationship with your brain you can transform your life. In Super Brain, Chopra and Tanzi guide you on a fascinating journey that envisions a leap in human evolution. The brain is not just the greatest gift that Nature has given us. It’s the gateway to an unlimited future that you can begin to live today.
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Super Brain -- Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind

2012-10-22T11:47:00.001-04:00

Bestselling author and physician Deepak Chopra and Harvard Medical School professor Rudolph E. Tanzi, one of the world's foremost experts on the causes of Alzheimer’s, have merged their wisdom and expertise for a bold new understanding of the brain and its untapped potential.

Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being

In contrast to the “baseline brain” that fulfills the tasks of everyday life, Chopra and Tanzi propose that, through a person’s increased self-awareness and conscious intention, the brain can be taught to reach far beyond its present limitations. “We are living in a golden age for brain research, but is this a golden age for your brain?” they ask. Super Brain explains how to demolishing the five most widespread myths about the brain that limit your potential, and then offer methods to:

Use your brain instead of letting it use you
Create the ideal lifestyle for a healthy brain
Reduce the risks of aging
Promote happiness and well-being through the mind-body connection
Access the enlightened brain, the gateway to freedom and bliss
Overcome the most common challenges, such as memory loss, depression, anxiety, and obesity.

Your brain is capable of incredible healing and constant reshaping. Through a new relationship with your brain you can transform your life. In Super Brain, Chopra and Tanzi guide you on a fascinating journey that envisions a leap in human evolution. The brain is not just the greatest gift that Nature has given us. It’s the gateway to an unlimited future that you can begin to live today.

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Is Wall Street Too Eager To Get Excited About Eli Lilly's Alzheimer's Drug?

2012-10-15T10:52:00.001-04:00

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If you don't see the video -- go here.
http://onforb.es/WoRZmg

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The Morning Call-Can you say 'insanity?'

2012-09-17T09:03:00.001-04:00

I don’t have to tell you that it was all wine and roses last week.

The Market
Technical
Monday Morning Chartology
The S&P is now in a short term uptrend (1397-1474) and an intermediate term uptrend (1303-1863). The next visible resistance level, other than the upper boundaries of the two uptrends, is 1576.

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GE Phase 3 Results Flutemetamol (18F)

2012-09-11T09:30:00.001-04:00

GE Healthcare today announced pooled results from phase III brain autopsy and biopsy studies on the investigational PET amyloid imaging agent, [18F]Flutemetamol

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GE Healthcare today announced pooled results from phase III brain autopsy and biopsy studies on the investigational PET amyloid imaging agent, [18F]flutemetamol, which showed a strong concordance between [18F]flutemetamol images and Alzheimer’s disease-associated beta amyloid brain pathology.
[18F]Flutemetamol is a PET imaging agent being developed by GE Healthcare for the detection of beta amyloid deposits in the brain. The data from the phase III studies further confirm the potential application of [18F]flutemetamol as an imaging agent to detect beta amyloid plaques.
The data was presented at the 16th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) in Stockholm, Sweden, and provide support for an application for regulatory approval of [18F]flutemetamol, which is intended to be filed in the US and EU later this year.

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The Market-Disciplined Investing Sept 8

2012-09-08T11:03:00.001-04:00

Technical
This week, the indices (DJIA 13306, S&P 1437) closed within their intermediate term uptrends [12316-17316, 1298-1878]. But as you know, the big technical event was the S&P punching through the upper boundary of its short term trading range (1266-1422) on Thursday followed by similar action in the Dow on Friday [12022-13302]. This activated our time and distance discipline on both; and at Friday’s close, the S&P has been above the 1422 resistance level for two days, the DJIA one day. In the absence of any retracement, the breaks will be confirmed at the close Tuesday/Wednesday.
This leaves me sitting on my hands awaiting confirmation of this potential break but still somewhat doubtful that it will succeed based on continuing negative readings in a number of breadth indicators including the flow of funds, on balance volume and our own internal indicator.

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The Morning Call--Bernanke's big day

2012-08-31T10:19:00.001-04:00

The indices (DJIA 13000, S&P 1399) had a hiccup yesterday, closing down more than just fractionally. Nevertheless, they remain well within their primary trends (1) short term trading ranges [12022-13302, 1266-1422] and (2) intermediate term uptrends [12276-17176, 1292-1872].
The real question, of course, is, will there be follow through to the downside that would extend to the lower boundaries of one or the other of aforementioned primary trends? Lacking omniscience, I have no idea; but were it to occur, our Portfolios would be Buyers.
Volume was flattish; breadth declined with the on balance volume indicator just getting worse. The VIX spiked for the fourth day in a row and is up seven out of the last eight sessions. It closed above the upper boundary of the very short term downtrend. Our time and distance discipline is operative now; but this move is not a positive signal for stocks.
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2012/8/30/breadth-remains-weak.html

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The Morning Call--the odds of an EU crisis have not diminished

2012-08-30T09:01:00.001-04:00

The Market
Technical
The indices (DJIA 13107, S&P 1410) continued to drift yesterday, finishing the day slightly to the upside. The remain within (1) their short term trading ranges [12022-13302, 1266-1422] though they are in a position to challenge the upper boundaries and (2) their intermediate term uptrends [12266-17266, 1291-1871].
Volume was up modestly; breadth improved. The VIX rose again but is still below the upper boundary of its short term downtrend. However, its recent spike is a bit incongruous with stock prices meandering in a tight range---suggesting that investors are anticipating more volatility in the near future. It remains above the recently re-set lower boundary of its intermediate term trading range.
Don’t worry about the low volume (short):
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/low-volume-forgetaboutit-2012-08-29?link=home_carousel
GLD declined, falling below the upper boundary of its short term downtrend. Under our time and distance discipline, this close negates the recent break, leaving the downtrend in tact.
The technical picture on gold looks good (medium):
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/euro-gold-technicals-look-near-perfect
Bottom line: stocks seem to be in suspended animation right now awaiting news from Jackson Hole on Friday and from Europe in September. I am a bit surprised that investors are willing to hold equities when the most positive outcome is fully priced in. Clearly I could be wrong on that judgment; but I can’t come up with a plausible scenario that is more positive that which is currently expected. So I am holding to the position that stocks are near their near term highs and focusing on the Sell side in our Portfolios.

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Bill Gross on Bernanke | All American Investor

2012-08-29T14:06:00.001-04:00

The Federal Reserve has done a "masterful" job of keeping global markets relatively quiet, which for investors means stocks and bonds are unlikely to change much in the coming months, Bill Gross, Pimco’s co-chief investment officer, told CNBC Wednesday.

“What the Fed (learn more) has done, rather masterfully, in terms of asset markets, is to suppress volatility".

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2012-08-25T07:43:00.001-04:00

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