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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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Category Archives: Prevention
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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