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24 Oct 2006, 7:54 pm
Quote:
Self-Portraits Chronicle a Descent Into Alzheimer’s
By DENISE GRADY
When he learned in 1995 that he had Alzheimer’s disease, William Utermohlen, an American artist in London, responded in characteristic fashion.
“From that moment on, he began to try to understand it by painting himself,” said his wife, Patricia Utermohlen, a professor of art history.
Mr. Utermohlen’s self-portraits are being exhibited through Friday at the New York Academy of Medicine in Manhattan, by the Alzheimer’s Association.
By DENISE GRADY
When he learned in 1995 that he had Alzheimer’s disease, William Utermohlen, an American artist in London, responded in characteristic fashion.
“From that moment on, he began to try to understand it by painting himself,” said his wife, Patricia Utermohlen, a professor of art history.
Mr. Utermohlen’s self-portraits are being exhibited through Friday at the New York Academy of Medicine in Manhattan, by the Alzheimer’s Association.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/health/24alzh.html
24 Oct 2006, 8:08 pm
24 Oct 2006, 8:52 pm
25 Oct 2006, 1:35 am
It might sound depressing but my Mom died of Alzheimer's, and I feel a profound need to explore the disease - especially from the inside, as this museum exhibit appears to be. I wish I could see it, but it's an ocean away. 
25 Oct 2006, 3:04 pm
04 Dec 2006, 2:25 pm
BazzaMcKenzie wrote:
I have heard if you play chess and/or do cross word puzzles or similar, it helps against dementia.
Marijuana.
If that is true I have nothing to worry about
