Category Archives: Research

Can Chronic Stress Speed Alzheimer’s?

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Investigators hope to prove that more effective coping methods for dealing with stress, and a greater understanding of its biological impact, may reduce the growing Alzheimer’s burden.

An 18-month study will involve monitoring 140 people, aged 50 and over, with mild cognitive impairment. The participants will be assessed for levels of stress and assessed for any progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia.

Experts say that about 60 per cent of people with mild cognitive impairment go on to develop Alzheimer’s.

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How a hospital is bad for Alzheimer

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For people with Alzheimer a stay in a hospital can just be the tipping point to have to resort to a nursing home or even worsen their condition such that they die earlier than expected.

With personal experience about this I’m happy to see that now some research has been done into this topic and the findings have been confirmed.

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Can coconut oil help Alzheimer’s? disease?

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There are several theories on how coconut oil might work in Alzheimer’s disease, but nothing has been proven. Unfortunately, too, the studies have included very few patients: 23 in one six-week study and 20 in another. One article that I reviewed on the use of coconut oil could find no peer-reviewed clinical studies on its use in AD. The company that manufactures Axona studied 152 patients for 90 days. Although the company claimed benefit, at 90 days both those who were taking coconut oil, and those who were not, had similar testing scores.

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Don’t wait for the magic bullet

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Alvaro Fernandez reviews the current state of research and the prevalence of biomedical solutions to Alzheimer. He continues to make the case for life long Mental Health instead of relying on “magic bullet” drugs or treatments.

Alvaro is the co-author of he SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: http://www.sharpbrains.com/book/

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