Alzheimer; News from the web:

Interesting story from the NYtimes:

In the next three minutes, three people will develop Alzheimer’s disease. Two of them will be women.

There are 5.7 million Alzheimer’s patients in the United States. By 2050, there will probably be as many as 14 million, and twice as many women as men will have the disease.

And yet research into “women’s health” remains largely focused on reproductive fitness and breast cancer. We need to be paying much more attention to the most important aspect of any woman’s future: her ability to think, to recall, to imagine — her brain.

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Alzheimer; News from the web:

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have found that in people middle-aged and older, a brain structure that is key to learning and memory is plumpest in those who spend the most time standing up and moving. At every age, prolonged sitters show less thickness in the medial temporal lobe and the subregions that make it up, the study found.

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Alzheimer; News from the web:

The over-the-counter drug reduces inflammation in the brain, caused by a build up of rogue proteins that lead to memory loss and confusion.

If started early enough, a daily pill could reduce the chance of dementia in those most at risk.

Scientists said a simple saliva test could be used to find those people who could benefit.

They would then be put on a regular low dose of the painkiller for the rest of their lives.

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Alzheimer; News from the web:

Funny play on words from the authors from Phys.org but the topic is serious enough.

A compound in beets that gives the vegetable its distinctive red color could eventually help slow the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the brain, a process that is associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists say this discovery could lead to the development of drugs that could alleviate some of the long-term effects of the disease, the world’s leading cause of dementia.

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