Category Archives: Treatment

Ginkgo Biloba Doesn’t Prevent Alzheimer’s

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Well the article in the Huffington post this morning certainly burst the bubble of many people who had relied on this herb.

A trail in France, an article in the Lancet for Neurology and an opinion from the Alzheimer association killed the hype and the consensus is that anyone who buys this over the counter herb in the expectation that it will do anything to slow down or prevent the disease, is wasting their money.

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Alzheimer treatment compound found!

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Researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute and Anesthesiology Institute found that the compound MDA7 induced beneficial immune responses that limited the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

Treatment with the compound restored cognition, memory and synaptic plasticity – a key neurological foundation of learning and memory – in an animal model.

“Cleveland Clinic dedicated two years of research into the examination of this compound and our findings show it could represent a novel therapeutic target in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease,” Mohamed Naguib, lead researcher said in a statement.

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Alzheimer during disasters

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According to the National Institute on Aging, “People with Alzheimer’s disease can be especially vulnerable in disaster situations. Their impaired memory and reasoning skills may severely limit their ability to cope. For caregivers, it is important to have a disaster plan that incorporates the special needs of the person with Alzheimer’s.”

With the current Hurricane season in the US this is a good reminder for all of us. Please go over your plans and read the advice in the article of today’s link.

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Possible breakthrough in Alzheimer research

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Scientist at the Harvard Medical School and researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute have found that the size of the mitochondria, the part responsible for metabolising energy in cells, matters and may cause the toxic proteins known as  Beta Amalloyd and Tau.

Apparently the larger the mitochondria the more difficult it is to travel along the nerve cells and those can be one meter in length. In tests with fruit flies and mice they have been able to test this relation between the size of the mitochondria and the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease.

The director of Queensland’s Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Jurgen Gotz, says scientists have been able to successfully treat abnormal mitochondria in fruit flies and mice.

“By changing their size back to normal it’s possible to restore their function and also to prevent the new ones dying,” he said.

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MP3 players for Alzheimer

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Percussionist Dave Roth, whose parents have been diagnosed with Alzheimer, is trying to make their lives a little easier. When Roth saw “Alive Inside,” a documentary that followed a social worker introducing music into the lives of people with dementia, he was inspired

After seeing his mother’s progress with the music, Roth thinks every patient with Alzheimer’s could benefit the same way. He’s started a drive to collect MP3 players and distribute them to those suffering from Alzheimer. The drive runs through August 19th, and there are several drop-off locations if you’d like to donate.

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