Dementia, oral cancer and sleep -- Editor’s Picks

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If you’re looking for news-you-can-use from around the Web, here are three topics that could make a difference in daily life:

* From ABC News: ‘Baby talk’ irritates Alzheimer’s patients

‘Caregivers for the elderly should avoid certain patterns of speech, new research says.’

* From the Boston Globe: Oral cancer test’s value unproven

‘A relatively new screening tool allows dentists to better gauge whether a patient is in the early stages of oral cancer by looking at the mouth under a special light. But the test may be overused, and it’s not yet clear whether it justifies its price tag.’

* And, if sleep is the issue, helpful advice abounds. Here’s a sample:

From CNN: Got insomnia? Here’s how to get your ZZZs back

From Newsweek: Five myths about sleep and insomnia

And from Forbes: Fourteen reasons you’re not sleeping

-- Tami Dennis