Alzheimer; News from the web:
New research suggests that bad sleep can not only be a symptom of Alzheimer’s but also be responsible and a risk factor in developing the disease.
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Music therapy for Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer; News from the web:
Three health occupation students at Whittier Tech are using music therapy as a way to help patients with Alzheimer’s disease communicate with family and friends.
After watching “Alive Inside” — a film that follows Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, as he works to combat memory loss in patients through the use of music — juniors Allasandra Thompson, of Haverhill, Larissa Havey, of Amesbury and Emily Shal, of Amesbury, wanted to replicate the process.
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Stem cells in the fight against Alzheimer
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Texas A&M’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Celltex Therapeutics are teaming up to evaluate whether inflammation-fighting sacs that stem cells release could be used to treat Alzheimer’s.
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Fish oil reviewed
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A new study about the impact of Fish Oil on Alzheimer’s is underway.
Researchers are concentrating on how the fish oil helps with brain blood flow and how it affects key proteins related to the development of Alzheimer’s, particularly amyloids.
“We’re focusing on a fish oil that we know helps improve blood flow and helps reduce cholesterol levels, to see if that helps beneficially change some of these markers,” s
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Is the end of Alzheimer’s near?
Alzheimer; News from the web:
More research will need to get done but for now, at least the mice have found a cure for Alzheimer’s. It involves removing one enzyme in the brain. This cleared out all the amyloid plaques which is often seen as the main cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Some other studies though, suggest that working on the amyloid plaques is the wrong target and they may not be the eventual cause for Alzheimer’s.
In any case, even if this new development would be transferable to humans, it will take another five to seven years before we could see it in doctor’s hands for treatments.
It is a long road, we continue to monitor its progress.
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Endless love
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True love continues to thrive. How it feels to be asked for the second time…….
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