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Coconut oil offers Alzheimer’s hope

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Oxford University researchers have discovered that coconut oil may help people with Alzheimer’s regain their memory.

Researchers say coconut oil contains unique fats known as ketones, which are thought to nourish the brain.

The results are only temporary, but researchers say the short term effects for dementia patients are astounding.

Dr Peter Clifton, a nutritional scientist, says Alzheimer’s sufferers may ‘remember who they are, who you are, and actually hold a normal conversation’.

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Alzheimer’s the Musical – a night to remember!

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Three actors in their 60s are proving that it’s never too late to make your big break.

They’ve made an international sensation out of the surprise of hit of Adelaide’s Fringe Festival, Alzheimer’s the Musical – a night to remember!

The production went on to the Edinburgh Festival where it had a sell-out season.

It’s now returned to the Adelaide Fringe, and Alzheimer’s Australia is supporting the show, saying laughter can indeed be the best medicine, especially for stressed carers and relatives of people with the disease.

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Alzheimer’s: Trouble sleeping could affect memory later on, study finds

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People who have trouble sleeping may be at higher risk of developing memory problems, new research shows.

People who woke frequently in the night had a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to work to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in New Orleans in April.

Other research has shown a link between impaired sleep and multiple-personality disorder, as well as other forms of dissociation.

And research in mice has shown that disrupted sleep can actually cause an increase in the buildup of amyloid plaque in the brain — buildup that happens years before any outward symptoms of Alzheimer’s occur.

To see whether disrupted sleep affected humans, the researchers took 100 patients, half of whom had a family history of Alzheimer’s, and monitored their sleep patterns for 14 days. They found that even though participants spent about eight hours in bed, on average, they spent only about 6.5 hours sleeping, because they woke up repeatedly during the night.

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Facebook app lets you experience Alzheimer’s

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Alzheimer’s is quite the scary disease. You start losing your memory but you aren’t aware that you are. The toll it takes on your family members can be quite draining as they watch you suffer. If you’ve watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes, you’ll probably understand the disease thanks to the excellent performance by John Lithgow.

Thanks to a new app called Sort Me Out from digital agency Grey Singapore that’s developed in conjunction with the Alzheimer’s Disease Association (ADA) Singapore, you can now experience what it feels like to have Alzheimer’s.

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Alzheimer’s path found by Columbia researchers

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Columbia University researchers have made a surprising discovery about how Alzheimer’s disease appears to spread in the brain, a finding that could one day lead to early treatment for the memory-robbing disease.

The researcher’s findings – published last week in the journal PLoS One – answered a question that had stumped scientists for 25 years: does Alzheimer’s pop up independently in different parts of the brain or does it spread in a predictable pattern from one specific place in the brain to another.

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Alzheimer’s Families Clamor for Drug

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In the wake of research suggesting a skin-cancer drug may have benefits in treating Alzheimer’s disease, physicians and advocacy groups are getting a flurry of calls from patients seeking to use the drug off-label.

The clamor underscores how urgently patients want solutions to the rising tide of Alzheimer’s. But experts caution that more research is needed to determine whether the drug, bexarotene, is effective in humans at all, not to mention what the dosage should be.

The study, published Thursday in the journal Science, was conducted in mice, and the road to an effective Alzheimer’s treatment is littered with failures that looked promising early on in animals.

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