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  Reducing Calorie Intake Could Improve Memory
  Reducing calories improves memory scores by up to 30 percent.
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “alzheimer disease”

 

• Omega 3 fatty acids from fish oil results in increased transthyretin transcription – (02-24-03)

  
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  Omega 3 fatty acids from fish oil results in increased transthyretin transcription in old rat hippocampus If you know that transthyretin is a protein that scavenges amyloid protein in the brain, this article really contains some interesting info as it relates to Alzheimer’s disease. Although this is a rat study, ...
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• Antibodies bound to Aβ oligomers potentiate the neurotoxicity of Aβ by activating microglia

  
  Polygenicblog — Authority: 122
  Beta amyloid (Aβ) oligomers are thought to contribute to the pathogenesis of Alzheimers disease. However, clinical trials using Aβ immunization were unsuccessful due to strong brain inflammation, the mechanisms of which are poorly understood. In this study we tested whether monoclonal antibodies to oligomeric Aβ ...
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• Can Acting Out Dreams or Poor Sleep Help Predict Dementia?

  
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  Many people suffer routinely from chronic sleep problems, attributing them to stress, children, pets or a snoring bed partner. A poor night’s sleep leaves you feeling miserable. You’re tired, irritable and not so sharp when working the next day. However, there can be many more serious consequences from a rough ...
  6 days ago

• Culprit in neurodegenerative diseases can benefit normal cells, study finds

  
  Elsevier Connect: News and Insight for the Global Scientific Research Community — Authority: 419
  Protein aggregation — implicated in Huntingtons, Alzheimers and mad cow diseases — may be more than a bad accident of nature
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• A Peptide to Protect Brain Function

  
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  Researchers develop a protein called NAP which protects and restores nerve cell communication in some neurodegenerative diseases.
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• Mice Research Suggests Common Drugs May Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s

  
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  New research on mice suggests that many commonly prescribed drugs are capable of reducing the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Led by Giulio Maria Pasinetti, M.D., Ph.D., researchers at The Mount Sinai Medical Center used a computer algorithm to screen 1,600 commercially available medications to assess ...
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• Sleep Mechanism Identified That Plays Role in Emotional Memory

  
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  Researchers identify the sleep mechanism which enables the brain to consolidate emotional memory. Additionally, they discovered a popular sleep medication heightens the response to and recollection of negative memories.
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• Alzheimer’s Brain Change Measured in Humans

  
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  Researchers have successfully measured a significant difference between the brains of patients with an inherited form of Alzheimers disease and their healthy family members who do not carry the genetic mutation for the disease.
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• Alzheimer’s brain change measured in humans

  
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  Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have measured a significant and potentially pivotal difference between the brains of patients with an inherited form of Alzheimer’s disease and healthy family members who do not carry a mutation for the disease. Researchers have known that amyloid ...
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• Brain Parasite Has Potential to Unlock Neurobiology Secrets

  
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  Dr. Anita Koshy sees a common and typically harmless brain parasite as a potential key to unlocking secrets of neurobiology that can be used to intervene in diseases such as Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis. Koshy, a University of Arizona assistant professor of neurology and immunobiology, has developed new models ...
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• Researcher Uses Bursts Of Electricity To Battle Alzheimer’s

  
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  Researcher Uses Bursts Of Electricity To Battle Alzheimer’s : Simple, everyday activities like crossword puzzles or reading books may stave off the mind-robbing Alzheimer’s disease. Those studying and working with Alzheimer’s patients generally accept this as fact. When the mind processes challenging puzzles or ...
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• Spice Prevents Alzheimer’s

  
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  Today’s topic: If you’re worried about developing Alzheimer’s disease, you may want to add cinnamon to your diet. Research shows that compounds in cinnamon may delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Easy and Fun Cardio Will Drastically Improve Your Health Getting sufficient cardiovascular exercise is ...
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• Global Market for Alzheimer’s Disease to Decline to $9.5 Billion by 2017

  
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  Every second a new person in the United Stated develops Alzheimer’s disease. This astonishing statistic has become a reality for the 5.4 million Americans now living with this debilitating neurological disease. Alzheimer’s disease primarily affects men and women over the age of 65 and the likelihood of being ...
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• A Bittersweet Birthday

  
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  The Pink Flamingo’s father turns 89 today.  I don’t even know if he realizes that he has reached an age that few men in his family achieve, other than his Uncle John and Uncle Dave.  Most men in his family have a tendency to stroke out in their early 70s.  We caught the strokes when they began occurring.  If ...
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• Alzheimers and low blood sugar in diabetes may trigger a vicious cycle

  
  Polygenicblog — Authority: 122
   "Diabetes-associated episodes of low blood sugar may increase the risk of developing dementia, while having dementia or even milder forms of cognitive impairment may increase the risk of experiencing low blood sugar, according to a UC San Francisco scientist who led a new study published online today (June 10) in ...
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• Alzheimer’s and Low Blood Sugar in Diabetes May Trigger a Vicious Cycle

  
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  According to a new study, diabetic episodes of hypoglycemia may increase the risk of developing dementia, while having dimentia could increase the risk of experiencing low blood sugar levels.
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• So, Is Coffee OK, Doc?

  
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  Some patients asked recently whether coffee was good for one’s health. They had apparently noticed that there has been the shift in marketing strategy by coffee-makers  in promoting it as a rich source of anti-oxidants , and therefore beneficial to health.   YES ,  coffee is a rich source of ...
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• Scientists Explain How Vitamin D and Omega-3 Fats Synergistically Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease

  
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  Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by a loss of short term memory, cognition and thought processes that define the personality of a person, and new cases are exploding exponentially. Though allopathic physicians and researchers maintain there is no known cause or treatment for the ultimately fatal illness, ...
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• Scientists Map Process by Which Brain Cells Form Long-Term Memories

  
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  Researchers have discovered how the Arc protein regulates neuronal activity, providing clues into the brains ability to form long-term memories.
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• Love Is A Serious Mental Disease.

  
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  What is Disease? Dis-ease (from old French and ultimately Latin ) is literally the absence of ease or elbow room. The basic idea is of an impediment to free movement. But nowadays the word is more commonly used without a hyphen to refer to a “disorder of structure or function in an animal or plant of such a ...
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