The Bercaws Arrive in India, Again

Dears, The Hindu Newspaper, started in 1878 as a weekly, became a daily in 1889 and since then has steadily grown to the circulation of 15,58,379 copies. Today’s print and online edition features a very well-written story by journalist S. Ravi about Brain in a Jar, which has just launched in India. Will 15 million…

Last Night’s Dream Wasn’t Mine

Dears, Get this: I was blow drying my hair this morning, after a lovely night’s rest and unremarkable dreams. Usually my dreams are nightmares. Big, crazy, intense, absurd, menacing and even metaphorical. In fact, the night before last, I dreamt that my father, who died of Alzheimer’s in 2012, was alive but had turned into…

Even the Alzheimer’s Studies are Confusing

Dears, Oh for God’s sake. Even the news about Alzheimer’s research is confusing. The Lancet, a renowned medical journal in England, reports that dementia and AD rates are on the decline in Great Britain. Click here for full story. Here’s a quote: Dr. Marsel Mesulam, director of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center at…