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Brain and Nerve Health

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Mizzou Scientists Determine There's No G-Spot -- God Spot, That Is

    There has been much debate over the existence of the G-spot. No, not that G-spot. The other one, in the brain, where G stands for God. "The spiritual experience is very complex," says Brick Johnstone, a neuropsychologist at the University of Missouri. Johnstone and four of his colleagues just compl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Researchers Discover Marker That Predicts Speed of Mental Decline from Alzheimer's

    If you're at all prone to hypochondria, here's another thing to keep you up late worrying: Researchers at Washington University Medical School have discovered a new marker that shows how rapidly your mental faculties will decline, should you develop Alzheimer's. In a recent study, patients with a h ... More >>

  • Music

    March 8, 2012

    Radiohead

    7:30 p.m. Friday, March 9. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    New Research Shows that Bad Sleeping is Linked to Alzheimer's

    Let it not be said that Paul Shaw didn't warn us. When Riverfront Times profiled the Washington University neuroscientist and self-described sleep evangelist this past fall, Shaw talked at length about the ill-effects of sleep deprivation, particularly interrupted sleep, which could lead to problems ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Wash. U. Researchers May Have Discovered First Step in Preventing Cerebral Palsy

    image viaPhilip Verghese​Five years ago, a group of researchers at Washington University Medical School discovered that elevated levels of an enzyme called Nmnat1 could prevent nerve damage. This got Philip Verghese, a postdoctoral research associate in Dr. David Holtzman's neurology lab think ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2011

    !!! (DJ Set)

    8:30 p.m. Sunday, August 28. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    At Last, a Tracking Device That Will Find Your Loved One in 30 Minutes Or Less

    Aimee LevittPresenting the EmSeeQ, the device that can find your cognitively-impaired loved one in 30 minutes or less.​It costs between $5,000 and $50,000 for a sheriff's department to locate a missing person, depending on whether the search takes hours or days. That includes overtime pay for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Steven Gartenberg: St. Louis Attorney Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

    The money was supposed to go to the Kirkwood United Methodist Church and Alzheimer's Association. Instead it went into the pocket of the lawyer who'd been hired to help manage an estate.The attorney in question, Steven Gartenberg, 46, pleaded guilty this week to two separate counts of mail fraud inv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    An Update on the Boys of Summer

    www.bosmovie.com​Some time ago, I did a writeup on a film made in 2004 called The Boys of Summer. It's a documentary about a man named Robert Cochrane and his father, who was suffering from Parkinson's Disease, taking a cross-country trip to visit all 30 major league baseball stadiums. It was a re ... More >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2011

    Homespun: Ocean Rivals

    Summer's Dogs
    (self-released)

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Gary Busey Chooses St. Louis Nonprofit for Celebrity Apprentice Charity

    image viaGary Busey​Congratulations, St. Louis. You now have an excuse to watch the upcoming season of Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump's "ultimate job interview" in which celebrities -- some of whom you may have actually heard of -- compete in various business tasks to...uh...well, not work ... More >>

  • Music

    February 3, 2011

    Ex-Rams player Kyle Turley rolls to the Super Bowl as a musician, not a player

    image viaGary Busey​Congratulations, St. Louis. You now have an excuse to watch the upcoming season of Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump's "ultimate job interview" in which celebrities -- some of whom you may have actually heard of -- compete in various business tasks to...uh...well, not work ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Kyle Turley Back in St. Louis -- This Time as a Musician, Not a Football Player

    courtesy of Gridiron EntertainmentKyle Turley​Remember ex-Rams offensive lineman Kyle Turley? The long-haired, tattooed guy with all those anger-management issues? The man who once got so pissed off, he tore the helmet off a guy's head and flung it across the field? Oh yeah, that Kyle Turley ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    New Wash. U. Study Detects Super-Early Signs of Alzheimer's

    image viaDr. Yvette I. Sheline​If you're genetically disposed to develop Alzheimer's, researchers at Washington University Medical School have some good news and some bad news for you. The good news is, they've recently discovered that your brain starts functioning differently even before it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Brittney Holmes: Teenager Dies Allegedly From Inhaling Fog Inside Haunted House

    Image ViaBrittney Holmes​The Post-Dispatch has the sad conclusion to a story Daily RFT first reported back in May. That's when we told you about a lawsuit filed on behalf of Brittney Holmes, a 15-year-old Belleville girl who allegedly fell into a vegetative state after inhaling fog inside the popu ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Ask a Mexican: What's the correlation between pinatas and brain damage?

    Image ViaBrittney Holmes​The Post-Dispatch has the sad conclusion to a story Daily RFT first reported back in May. That's when we told you about a lawsuit filed on behalf of Brittney Holmes, a 15-year-old Belleville girl who allegedly fell into a vegetative state after inhaling fog inside the popu ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2010

    Pat Martino Trio

    8:30 and 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, December 1, through Saturday, December 4.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Disabled Artists at Turner Center for the Arts Display, Sell Their Work Tomorrow Night

    ​If you're interested in buying your loved ones some art this holiday season and don't happen to be a millionaire, head on down to the Turner Center for the Arts' annual holiday exhibition in Maplewood tomorrow night, December 3, from 5 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will be in the studio at 3109 Sutto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    New Supports For LGBT Caregivers

    ​It's hard enough caring for a loved one fading into dementia. When issues surrounding sexual identity are at play, things can get downright complicated.So, to that end, a new support group for caregivers is forming as a collaborative effort between the Alzheimer's Association and SAGE Metro St. L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Study Shows Family, Friends Better Than Doctors at Detecting Early Signs of Alzheimer's

    image via​It seems logical that when someone's brain is starting to deteriorate, her family and friends who see her every day would be more likely to pick up on it rather than a doctor who does a screening once a year. Now doctors at the Washington University School of Medicine's Charles F. a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Kenneth Wells: Medical Marijuana Toker Won't Face Charges in St. Charles

    norml.org​Fearing that a jury might be sympathetic to an epileptic man caught with marijuana, St. Charles prosecutor Jack Banas says he won't pursue felony drug charges against 57-year-old Kenneth Wells. At issue is whether an innocent verdict could open further debate surrounding Missouri law tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Local Man With Alzheimer's Missing

    John Hussey​An elderly St. Louis man with Alzheimer's disease has been missing since about noon, and his family is seeking help locating him.John Hussey, 79, left the Dierberg's in Florissant in his family's four-door, aloe-colored Toyota Camry. Hussey is a white man, 5'9" and 175 pounds with gree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    City Museum's New Box-A-Robot Toy: PR Fail, or Best Marketing Ever?

    Been on the City Museum website lately? Seen the rotating ad for the new robot thingie? www.citymuseum.org​Such a tease!Now here's a timely question: Having been rolled out roughly two weeks ago, right about the moment that City Museum and its founder Bob Cassilly were settling a lawsuit in which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Unreal Forgets Alzheimer's Awareness Month!

    www.stationbay.com​Unreal's inbox overfloweth on Mondays, so you can imagine our discombobulation when a missive pops in from Amanda Hassler, a flack at BrightonUSA who wants to know if RFT is covering Alzheimer's Awareness Month.OMG! We forgot!If you or a loved one has a similar problem, the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 11, 2008

    Feel the Burn

    This author is hot

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2008

    It's a Frame-Up

    Bowling for dollars

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    October 3, 2007

    See Spot Fight Cancer

    Bowling for dollars

  • Calendar

    March 7, 2007

    Survivor's Quilt

    Bowling for dollars

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