This update covers hours five and six of the Read-A-Thon (9:00 am to 11:00 am PST). How I am feeling at this point in the Event: I took a 15 minute break during this period to take a quick shower (refreshing!) and eat an English muffin with peanut butter and a yogurt. I found myself a bit distracted reading … this always happens if I try to read non-stop.

Cognitive decline fastest in people with Alzheimer’s disease compared with other dementias, Evidence-Based Mental Health 2009;12:105 Rob Butler   Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Ipswich, UK Abstract: Prognosis Question: Are there differences in demographic features, cognitive decline and survival among people with vascular dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease with cerebrovascular disease?

Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend the Libmark Digital Marketing Seminar (thank you CoBLS) @ William Angliss Conference Centre. First speaker up was Darren Sharp from Collabforge on Social Media, Marketing Public Libraries . - What are you trying to achieve (website, blog, twitter etc.) - it’s about discussion, debate, feedback - common purpose, group forming networks, self organised - reputation/trust (build them) - how can we leverage new forms of value to engage? - enable crowdsourcing Interesting presentation.

Empowerment in Older Psychiatric Inpatients: Development of the Empowerment Questionnaire for Inpatients (EQuIP). American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2009 Lopez, Jose E. M.Sc.; Orrell, Martin F.R.C.Psych., Ph.D.; Morgan, Lisa B.Sc.; Warner, James M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.Psych. From the St. Charles Older Adult Mental Health Services, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (JEL, LM, JW); and Centre for Aging and Mental Health Sciences, University College London, London United Kingdom (MO).

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Alcohol hinders having a baby through IVF, couples warned – The Guardian 21st October 2009 “Couples who share a bottle of wine a week reduce their chances of having a baby through IVF by more than a quarter, according to a study by American fertility specialists. Research into alcohol consumption among couples being treated at a fertility clinic found fewer successful pregnancies when the women drank several glasses of wine a week, or the man had a daily beer.” tags : In Vitro Fertilisation

Don Lane - 1934-2009Sad news again today, with information coming through this afternoon that Don Lane, a legend of Australian TV, has passed away from Alzheimers, aged 75.Lane, an expat American who made a name for himself primarily on variety prgramme The Don Lane Show, formed a triumvirate of talent alongside fellow legends Bert Newton and Graham Kennedy, in the early days of Australian television.