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Extreme vigorous exercise seems to hold the key to staving off the symptoms.
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“Beeting” Alzheimer’s disease
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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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New research promising for prevention of cognitive decline
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A new study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has provided researchers important insights about an enzyme within the brain that plays a critical role in Alzheimer’s.
The UTMB researchers found that blocking the enzyme helped prevent memory loss in mice.
The enzyme is a promising target for developing medications to prevent cognitive decline. The study was recently published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions.
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Promising Alzheimer’s drug moves through approval stages
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No drugs but instead…..
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The current Alzheimer’s clinical research impasse has encouraged more doctors to pursue non-pharmacological alternatives. For most individuals — beyond the up-to-5-percent who are genetically predisposed to early onset Alzheimer’s — focusing on lifestyle factors as the key to brain fitness and cognitive function, they say, is wiser than waiting for a breakthrough delivered in a pill.
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Positive outlook for Alzheimer’s
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Alzheimer’s disease will become manageable like HIV, say award-winning scientists
Professor Michel Goedert, of Cambridge University, who discovered the importance of tau protein in Alzheimer’s said he could see a time when dementia became a chronic illness like HIV.
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