I received this question today: "I am so afraid of using aluminum products, because I believe it caused my mother's and her best friend's Alzheimer's. They worked together in an aluminum plant for most of their lives and they died together too. I am wondering if that connection has been proven yet?"
Hi, so sorry to hear about your loss. It is interesting that the Aluminum/Alzheimer's connection continues to persist for many people, even though in the 1960's and 1970's after it was first...
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Mom took her first drag on a cigarette when she was 16. Her last inhale happened when she was 73. In between that time, Mom smoked like a... Read more »
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Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GNID) and the University of California have found that a fatty acid found... Read more »
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Previous research has linked red wine to protection from heart disease and certain types of cancer, and a new study details how... Read more »
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Lean body mass--or the weight of your bones, muscles, and organs but not your body fat--may help predict Alzheimer's disease. Researchers in a study... Read more »
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