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A new study from Cambridge suggests women who breastfeed cut their risk of getting Alzheimer’s by more than half!
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Category Archives: Research
Alzheimer research Breakthrough
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A Lower Hutt team of researchers has made a significant contribution to the hunt for a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
Chemists at Callaghan Innovation (CI, formerly IRL Ltd), working from Gracefield, are the first in the world to find a way to synthesise a type of complex sugar that shows signs it could control the process that leads to the common brain disease.
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Dementia rate dropping, hope for Alzheimer
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Two recent studies found the rate of Dementia among elderly dropping, in Europe. After some bad news about failing Alzheimer drug tests this may be just a bit of good news. There seems to be a relation with a more healthier and more educated population in the coming generations.
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Similarity between Alzheimer patients and Football professionals
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New research shows a similarity between the damage in the brains that football players get as a result of concussions and Alzheimer patients. Now the research also finds that symptoms are similar.
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Alzheimer drug reduces risk of heart attacks
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Professor Peter Nordstrom, of Umea University, Umea, Sweden, and colleagues reviewed records on 7,073 Alzheimer’s patients taking cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs), such as Donepezil, Rivastigmine and Galantamine, which are used for treating mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease.
Prof Nordstrom said: “……It means that for every 100,000 people with Alzheimer’s disease, there would be 180 fewer heart attacks – 295 as opposed to 475 – and 1125 fewer deaths from all causes – 2000 versus 3125 – every year among those taking ChEIs compared to those not using them.” –
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Coconut Oil treatment for Alzheimer now being researched
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University of South Florida’s Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute researchers recently received a $250,000 grant from a private foundation to conduct what is thought to be the first clinical trial of the effects of coconut oil on mild to moderate cases of Alzheimer’s disease.
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