The ugly truth about Alzheimer’s

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A geriatric psychiatrist who runs a memory and research center in Miami and spends his days seeing every inch of Alzheimer’s, gives us the bottom line:

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Alzheimer’s and the Millennials!

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“This will be an overwhelming financial problem for millennials by the time they’re senior citizens unless we address it now. The second part is that their parents are at risk for developing the disease even sooner and this disorder takes a huge toll on the entire family not just with the one who is affected,” Eric Reiman, M.D., executive director of the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute told FOXBusiness.com.

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Stop one protein and prevent Alzheimer’s

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Alzheimer’s disease can be prevented by stopping a crucial brain protein from turning rogue, a study in mice suggests.

Lars Ittner at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and his colleagues have pinpointed a crucial enzyme that controls how tau proteins behave in the brain. The enzyme, called p38γ kinase, helps keep tau in a healthy, tangle-free state, preventing the onset of memory loss and other symptoms in mice that have been bred to develop Alzheimer’s disease.

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Benefits for disabilities

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The simple dollar website has reminded us that there are benefits available in the US for a range of situations. We link to their website today in our link for the day so you can see if anything would potentially apply to you.

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