Category Archives: Prevention

Get a little sick to fight Alzheimer’s

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New research shows that getting a little sick for a little time can actually help fighting Alzheimer’s

The study found that a brief activation of the immune system (inflammation) is actually a way to fight off deficits associated with Alzheimer’s disease. However, as is the case with chronic brain inflammation in the human body, when that immune response extends for a longer period of time, it reverses gains and fuels further neurological decline.

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Chocolate against Alzheimer’s! Am I dreaming?

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Well it is more complicated than that. Here is what the study says:

Researchers discovered that consumption of cocoa polyphenols reduces the formation of harmful proteins, including beta-amyloid and abnormal tau aggregates. Such proteins are known to accumulate in the brain and cause damage. The accumulation results in loss of synapses and hence makes the connections between nerve cells dysfunctional.

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Alzheimer’s and diabetes

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We have reported more often about the relation between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s (use our search box in the top right to find other articles) but in today’s link another urgent warning about this relationship with the focus on preventing diabetes.

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Check your lifestyle for Alzheimer’s risk patterns

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A team from the University of California, San Francisco, has crawled through thousands of Alzheimer’s studies, selected a few hundreds that had quality information and came up with the factors most correlated with Alzheimer’s.

Check the article for the list, you have this mostly under your own control!

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