How to Reverse Brain Shrinkage in Alzheimer's - Alzheimers
Treating symptoms, reliable early diagnosis, addressing disease triggers and reversing poor cognition are the exciting directions of research in Alzheimer's Disease. One of the great frontiers is immunotherapy. Dr. Norman Relkin, associate ... [... more]
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The Benefits of Fish Oil in Alzheimer's Disease - Alzheimers
UCLA researchers claim that fish oil, whether ingested by pill or diet (eating fatty fish like salmon, herring, tuna) is an effective deterrent against Alzheimer's, either preventing the disease or delaying its onset. Researchers have long ... [... more]
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Holiday Tips for the Caregiver - Alzheimers
The Holidays are coming and along with it fun and nervous energy. As a caregiver to an Alzheimer's patient, it is often difficult to feel festive and grateful. However, this is the time to get grounded and befriend yourself. Music, humor, ... [... more]
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B Vitamins Don't Improve Mental Function - Alzheimers
According to the Harvard Health Letter taking a trio of B vitamins, B6, B12 and folic acid, does reduce homocysteine levels and higher homocysteine levels are implicated in both heart disease and Alzheimer's: However, even though B vitamins ... [... more]
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Vitamin E for a Sound Mind and Body - Alzheimers
Vitamin E is an important preventative for the inevitable decline of mind and body as we age. Researchers at Yale University claim that people with the lowest levels of Vitamin E, as evidenced in blood tests, are 60% more likely to experience ... [... more]
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Long Distance Caregiving - Alzheimers
Caregivers generally serve as an energy socket not to just to the person in their care, but to the rest of the family and to people at work and friends and neighbors, in other words, the go-to person, the "giver". However, sometimes energy ... [... more]
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Dear Debbie
I am in my early seventies and have been experiencing memory lapses. While I never forget a joke, I seem to be forgetting everything else, my keys, names, appointments. What can I do naturally to postpone the inevitable? My mother died of some ... [... more]
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Does the Common Cold Sore Virus Cause Alzheimer's? - ...
There is a new theory on the Alzheimer's block. If this hypothesis passes animal testing, then there could be simple and cheap solution. British scientists have observed a connection between the cold sore virus, herpes simplex, and ... [... more]
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A New Alzheimer's Diagnostic Test Can View the Disease - ...
A new test has been created which can diagnose Alzheimer's even before a person shows any symptoms. For the first time a PET scan along with an injected tracer dye can image amyloid plaques in live brains. Until now only by autopsying brains of ... [... more]
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Reduce Inflammation to Prevent Alzheimer's - Alzheimers
For the Alzheimer's patient, the caregiver and the rest of us who want to prevent the disease, the subject of the story is still inflammation. In the May 2007 issue of Neurology a Framingham heart study cites that people whose blood shows signs ... [... more]
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How to Identify Alzheimer's Patient Abuse - Alzheimers
One of the most difficult questions I am asked concerns the sensitive subject regarding Alzheimer's patients and abuse by hired caregivers. Basically, the family and friends of the Alzheimer's patient want to know, "How can I tell if the bruises ... [... more]
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A Needle-Free Vaccine Looks Promising In Alzheimer's - ...
A new Alzheimer's vaccination is being tested on mice specifically bred to develop Alzheimer's disease. What is different about this vaccination? It does not use a needle, for it is transdermal (across the skin). University of South Florida ... [... more]
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