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2020.
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Diagnosed at age 29, Fox is engaged in Parkinson's advocacy work, raising global awareness of the disease and helping find a cure through The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, the world's leading non-profit funder of PD science. Here he shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach mortality. Running through...
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Kate has always adored her grandpa's storytelling - but lately he's been repeating the same stories again and again. One day he even forgets Kate's name. Her mother's patient explanations open Kate's eyes to what so many of the elderly must confront: Alzheimer's disease and other forms of memory loss. With special insight derived from her own father's struggle with Alzheimer's, Maria Shriver offers a touching and optimistic story that encourages awareness,...
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Information on whirling disease, a malady of trout and salmon caused by a microscopic parasite that produces a spore. Information on the page and links to other sources provide information on the effects of the disease on the fish, the spread of the disease through the state, and links to reports on current research.
50) Still Alice
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Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay connected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring.
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Bear and Mouse volume 4
Pub. Date
[2011]
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IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Certain that no one has even been as sick as he is, Bear resists Mouse's efforts to cheer him and cure his cold.
Pub. Date
2020.
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During this pandemic, the State is working to make life as sustainable as possible, while ensuring we do not surpass our public health and health care capacities. Carefully maintaining the effective reproductive or R number at or below 1 helps prevent the exponential spread of the COVID-19 virus. Different levels of "openness" that are standardized at the county level will help maintain this delicate balance.
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When Dr. Lou Welcome fills in for his boss at a national conference in Atlanta, he brings along his best friend, Cap Duncan. An accident turns tragic when Cap injures his leg. Surgeons save the leg, but the open wound becomes a breeding ground for a deadly microbial invader. Hundreds of miles away, a teenaged girl is fighting against the same bacteria. The germ is resistant to any known antibiotic, and the government scientist tasked with finding...
Pub. Date
2020.
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented drop in traditional in-person care and a rapid expansion of care delivered remotely via telemedicine. This brief uses a unique, Colorado-specific source of clinical data to analyze the shift toward telemedicine, which Coloradans were able to access care through telemedicine, for what types of care, and the implications of these findings for the future of telemedicine in Colorado.
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2020.
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Energy consumption and usage has varied across the country due to COVID-19. The pandemic has caused significant changes in energy supply and demand patterns. Domestic oil demand has decreased since the beginning of 2020 because of less travel and decreased economic activity throughout the world.
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