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Good Q&A about the importance of your heart health for protection against Alzheimer’s.
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Your heart and Alzheimer’s
Category Archives: Prevention
The logic behind fruits and vegetables
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You may have heard that fruits and vegetables are good to lower your risk for Alzheimer;s disease but why is that?
The New York Times explains
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Tea, oranges and Broccoli will keep Alzheimer’s at bay
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A new study published in the journal Neurology in January 2020 concludes that increasing the intake of plant flavonols steeply reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) by up to a half. In other words, AD could be prevented in many people simply by regularly eating and drinking more foods containing these compounds such as tea, oranges and broccoli.
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Home Retirement Next Avenue GET EMAIL ALERTS 7 rules to reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s and keep your brain healthy
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The good folks over at Marketwatch give us a good overview of what we can do. Here is a part of what they say:
The research on cognitive health and disease has homed in on seven pillars for living a brain-healthy lifestyle, which may in combination, slash your risk for brain-degenerative diseases.
Just keep in mind, however, that even if you performed all these pillars perfectly, it doesn’t mean you won’t get Alzheimer’s disease. Other factors, such as genetics, additional medical conditions that affect the brain and accidents, can’t always be controlled.
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Forget pulling all nighters
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Apparently even loosing one night of sleep can increase your risk of Alzheimer’s
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We can’t wait
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For this to hit the market: There are two drugs that have been developed by Salk Institute researchers to successfully treat Alzheimer’s in mice—and now, they have found that the very same drug compounds can also slow the aging process in the brains of healthy older mice.
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Slowing down the alzheimer’s onset
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This article from the Guardian brings us five ways to slow down Alzheimer’s onset. For details see the article in our link for today.
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New option in the fight against Alzheimer’s
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Researchers have now found that slower loss of cognitive skills in people with AD correlates with higher levels of a protein that helps immune cells clear plaque-like cellular debris from the brain [1]. The efficiency of this clean-up process in the brain can be measured via fragments of the protein that shed into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). This suggests that the protein, called TREM2, and the immune system as a whole, may be promising targets to help fight Alzheimer’s disease.
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Check your blood sugar level
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Brain scientists are offering a new reason to control blood sugar levels: It might help lower your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
“There’s many reasons to get [blood sugar] under control,” says David Holtzman, chairman of neurology at Washington University in St. Louis. “But this is certainly one.”
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Some warning signs for dementia/Alzheimer’s
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Recognizing and taking steps to address the warning signs of Alzheimer’s and other dementias can be extremely challenging — especially in the early stages. It’s easy and common to dismiss cognitive changes in oneself or a family member as “normal aging.”
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Endurance exercise slows it down
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We know there is no cure, yet, but here is an article claiming that Endurance exercise may hold the key to defeating Alzheimer’s.
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World Alzheimer’s Day
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The only way to fight off Alzheimer’s is called:
SHIELD
- Sleep
- Handle stress
- Interact
- Exercise
- Learn
- Diet
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Aerobic exercise really helps
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A half hour of aerobic exercise four to five times a week may prevent or slow cognitive decline in older adults who are at a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Good early results on a Alzheimer’s vaccine
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Interim results of a clinical trial on an Alzheimer’s vaccine being tested on Down syndrome individuals are promising, say researchers at the Swiss clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company AC Immune. The company’s liposomal therapeutic anti-Abeta vaccine, dubbed ACI-24, is also being evaluated in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s patients in a Phase 2 study.
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Family history plays an important part
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A new study is out, telling us that we need to live a healthy lifestyle and treat diabetes properly to avoid or delay Alzheimer’s. This is particularly true for people with a family history of Alzheimer’s or dementia.
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Further research into germs causing Alzheimer’s
Vaccine soon to be tested on humand
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In groundbreaking studies at the University of New Mexico, researchers have developed a vaccine that could prevent the formation of the tau tangles and potentially prevent the cognitive decline typically seen in Alzheimer’s patients.
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Is the Alzheimer’s vaccine coming?
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A cure for Alzheimer’s Disease does not exist just yet, but researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) are one step closer to finding one.
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A possible vaccine for Alzheimer’s
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As of now, a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease does not exist, but researchers at the University of New Mexico believe they have found a way to prevent it. “I really wanted to take this as a challenge to see if we could develop any sort of treatment,” says Kiran Bhaskar.
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Brush your teeth — postpone Alzheimer’s
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Researchers in Norway have discovered a clear connection between oral health and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Is this why we make more progress with cancer vs Alzheimer’s
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Alzheimer’s drugs cost seven times more than cancer drugs to develop
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Lifestyle is the only known factor to help stave off Alzheimer’s
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Still no cure for the staggering number of people affected by this disease. See the report in the link below.
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There is hope
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We now know early intervention could decrease the likelihood of more than one-third of dementia cases around the world. In fact, approximately 35% are attributed to nine modifiable risk factors, including high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes, hearing loss, smoking, depression, social interaction and lack of physical exercise. Therefore, monitoring which foods we eat, starting or continuing basic cardio and strength training programs, engaging the mind in the cognitive challenges and managing vascular risk factors all play demonstrable, critical roles in maintaining cognition before disease strikes.
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Light on Alzheimer’s
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In 2016, to the surprise of Alzheimer’s disease researchers across the world, a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that setting mice in front of a blinking light could clear out the characteristic protein plaques thought to be one of the roots of the disease. A recent follow up study found that sounds played at a particular frequency clearned plaques and improved cognition, as well.
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New approach to Alzheimer’s prevention
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Just as genetic makeup plays a role in the risk for Alzheimer’s, new drugs designed to alter your genes could bring us closer to a cure.
The concept is called epigenetics, and one of the more promising drugs in this new avenue of Alzheimer’s research is now being studied in New Jersey.
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Coconut oil and Alzheimer’s
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Studies by National Journal of Physiology Pharmacy and Pharmacology and International Journal of School and Cognitive Psychology have shown a positive association between virgin coconut oil consumption and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. Several studies have shown positive improvements in cognition, cognitive performance, orientation and semantic memory in individuals after intervention with virgin coconut oil.
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How sleep impacts Alzheimer’s
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Interesting read by readers digest.
How well you sleep could decrease—or raise—your chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Are your bedtime behaviors putting you at risk?
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An app against cognitive decline
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We have not tried this, please let us know how you experience it.
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A pill from down-under for alzheimer’s?
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The hopeful quote:
“We have reason to believe that not only can it reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s, but possibly prevent the effects from occurring in the beginning,” Dr Hatchuel said.
“It has the potential to change the lives of 50 million people across the world, which is absolutely ground breaking.”
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Curcumin against Alzheimer’s
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New research at the University of Warwick is now underway to “prove” how curcumin can induce autophagy to prevent Alzheimer’s, after initial tests showed positive results.
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