New blood may help alzheimer

Alzheimer; News from the web:

Researchers at Stanford School of Medicine, California, will give a transfusion of blood plasma from young people to Alzheimer’s sufferers
They hope to see improvements in people with the condition
Human experiment builds on decades of research in mice
Animals studies have shown a protein in the blood plasma called growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) seems to be linked to rejuvenating effects

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Stanford on Alzheimer

Alzheimer; News from the web:

A good read from the staff of Stanford Medicine about their research progress into Alzheimer.

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How do you cope with a loved one with Alzheimer

Alzheimer; News from the web:

In the link today a story from someone describing how she copes with visiting a loved one who suffers from Alzheimer. Everyone will have to find their own way of dealing with it. You need to remember that you need to find a way that you feel comfortable with, so you will continue to visit. Keeping company and being with them in the moments that you are with them is often enough. I used to share the same pile of large print pictures over and over again and we would drink something and look at the people in the pictures and call their names and remember the occasions.

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