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New research suggests sugary foods such as cake and chocolate may be the cause of Alzheimer’s disease.
In the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine wrote that high blood sugar levels could have “harm effects on brain function and exacerbate neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease”.
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We have reported on this before but here is a new piece of research that seems to confirm a relation between diabetes and alzheimer.
The new study – in mice – shows that elevated glucose in the blood can rapidly increase levels of amyloid beta, a key component of brain plaques in Alzheimer’s patients. The buildup of plaques is thought to be an early driver of the complex set of changes that Alzheimer’s causes in the brain.
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A very interesting story, making a couple of points about how brain damage impacts speech, reading, math and musical ability.The story explains how dyslexia and dyscalculia are due to different brain failures. But then the story goes on with suggesting that Ravel’s Bolero with its countless repetitions may be a sign of Alzheimer in the composer.
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Scientists believe embedding tiny DNA sequencers into household products could trigger a healthcare revolution.
Silicon microchips capable of reading and encoding DNA – dubbed Nanopore sequencers – are now small enough to be built into TOOTHBRUSHES.
The technology could help thousands quickly detect the onset of a fatal disease, such as Alzheimer’s and cancer
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A team at Duke University in North Carolina observed that with Alzheimer’s, immune cells that normally protect the brain instead begin to consume a vital nutrient called arginine.
By blocking this process with a drug, they were able to prevent the formation of “plaques” in the brain that are characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease, and also halted memory loss in the mice.
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The hope that Alzheimer’s will one day be curable has in recent yearsfaded to a flicker as successive clinical trials ended in failure. But the prospect of a treatment this week grew a little brighter as scientists uncovered a new and unexpected explanation for the development of the disease.
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