Category Archives: Prevention

Nutritional supplement to fight Alzheimer

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Researchers at Northwestern and U.Va.’s School of Medicine set out to evaluate the effectiveness of chiro-inositol, a compound that occurs naturally in certain foods and is available as a nutritional supplement, in protecting the brain from beta amyloid toxins, which cause Alzheimer’s. They conclude, in a paper published this month in The FASEB Journal, that chiro-inositol “greatly enhances” insulin’s ability to prevent damage to neurons by toxic peptides called ADDLs. The damage and loss of neurons is believed responsible for Alzheimer’s.

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Pacemaker for Alzheimer

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Scientists at Johns Hopkins have done experiments with a pace maker, the brain variety, that is normally used to alleviate Parkinson symptoms in a patient with Alzheimer and they are “cautiously optimistic” about the results.

Wide use is still years down the line but this may just counter the disappointing results from a number of medicine.

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Healthy advice may keep Alzheimer away

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Instead of waiting for the silver bullet pill, it may be good to continuously remind ourselves of the things that are known and under our own control. Here a link to an article that summarizes all the good advice.

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Check for Alzheimer during the holidays

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The Alzheimer association provides great advice. You should check your relatives for any changes with their memory or skills. If you return home for the holidays and your relative has trouble following a recipe or difficulty doing something they have done for a very long time, you may need to be alert and do some more checking. Follow today’s link for some more guidance on this.

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