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    posted 02/25/2009, comments (2)

    Could Cleansing Our Livers Unlock One Door To Alzheimer’s Control?

    Treating our livers to cure Alzheimer's? The idea sounded absurd to me until I read a news story that changed my thinking. In a story titled, "Liver treatment to cure Alzheimer's," a study conducted in the UK focused on manipulating the accumulation of neuron-damaging amyloid-beta in the brains of laboratory rats.    A... Read moreChevron
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    Statin Study Shows Promise for Alzheimer's Disease

    "This stuff ought to be in the drinking water!"   I remember hearing that from doctors when they first found out how effective the early cholesterol-lowering drugs, known as statins, were. Of course, I also read a couple of articles where at least one doctor thought Prozac, an anti-depressant that belonged to a new class of  drugs,... Read moreChevron
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    posted 02/09/2009, comments (2)

    Study Shows Insulin Can Help Protect Brain From Alzheimer’s

    My area of the country has a relatively high rate of diabetes. When I was spending a good portion of every day in a local nursing home, taking care of the needs of family elders, I would often see quite young folks in wheelchairs, recovering from foot surgery or even an amputation due to diabetes. Blindness and other serious consequences of... Read moreChevron
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    Vitamin D Could Help Prevent Cognitive Decline

    Now, it seems, we all should have continued drinking our fortified milk as we age, or at least supplementing the vitamin in other ways. In an article on ScienceDaily titled, "Low Levels Of Vitamin D Link To Cognitive Problems In Older People," the finding is announced by researchers from the Peninsula Medical School, the University of Cambridge... Read moreChevron
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    posted 01/26/2009, comments (2)

    Does Your Personality Predispose You to Alzheimer’s?

    How much does personality determine our health? That question has been pondered, studied and argued over for decades. Most people would say it only makes sense that a certain amount of our physical health will depend on our mental health and our outlook on life, but the concept is extremely difficult to quantify.  That elusive quality,... Read moreChevron
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