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ROME - Drawing attention to the special needs of people with Alzheimer's disease, Pope Francis made an afternoon visit to a community of group homes designed to keep residents active and living as normal a life as possible.

]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) Vatican Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:19:45 -0400 Lawyers say law is on their side in life-and-death calls /item/21860-lawyers-say-law-is-on-their-side-in-life-and-death-calls /item/21860-lawyers-say-law-is-on-their-side-in-life-and-death-calls

Catholic lawyers may soon find themselves turning down business from clients who would rather die than live with AlzheimeröÏÓãÊÓƵapp, Lou GehrigöÏÓãÊÓƵapp disease or other disabilities.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 01 Mar 2016 14:04:51 -0500 New study shows link between TV viewing and Alzheimer's /home/international/item/20671-new-study-shows-link-between-tv-viewing-and-alzheimer-s /home/international/item/20671-new-study-shows-link-between-tv-viewing-and-alzheimer-s

WASHINGTON - As if it couldn't get worse for the television industry.

Younger people are leaving TV for other modes of visual entertainment -- the computer and the smartphone, for example. This makes TV viewing more and more the province of older Americans, who have been watching the boob tube ever since the kids of the baby-boom generation welcomed the first TV set their parents brought into the house.

]]> International Mon, 03 Aug 2015 18:00:00 -0400 The familial ties that bind /item/19791-the-familial-ties-that-bind /item/19791-the-familial-ties-that-bind

In the end, after 70, 80, 90 years on the planet, chances are the people you will have known best, longest and most thoroughly will be your brothers and sisters. They are the people who came with you into the world out of the same womb.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Sun, 01 Mar 2015 13:15:00 -0500 Praying good for the brain, not just the spirit /opinion/columnists/item/19547-praying-good-for-the-brain-not-just-the-spirit /opinion/columnists/item/19547-praying-good-for-the-brain-not-just-the-spirit

A friend popped by the other day while I was working on a Sudoku puzzle.

]]> robertbrehl@catholicregister.org (Robert Brehl) Robert Brehl Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:30:00 -0500