Archive for 'Alzheimer’s Disease'
An Appetite for Alzheimer’s Avoidance
Researchers Say Diet Influences Alzheimer’s Risk One fact that I’ve hammered over my readers’ heads over the years is the prevalence of heart disease. It remains the number one cause of death for Americans, but believe it or not, between the years 2000 and 2006, there’s been an 11 percent drop in heart disease related [...]
Posted: April 18th, 2010 under Alzheimer's Disease, Mediterranean Diet.
Tags: alzheimer's prevention, prevent alzheimer's, preventing alzheimer's
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For Predicting Alzheimer’s, the Eyes May Have It
Poor Eyesight in Later Years May Be Precursor to Alzheimer’s Development The problem with Alzheimer’s disease is that once it’s identified, the damage has already been done. Treatments exist that slow its debilitating effects, but precious little can be done to reverse them. As such, much of Alzheimer’s research is devoted to identifying Alzheimer’s disease [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2010 under Alzheimer's Disease, Eye Health.
Tags: Eye Health, signs of alzheimer's, signs of alzheimer's disease, symptoms of alzheimer's disease
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It’s the Aging, Stupid
Alzheimer’s Results More from Aging, Not Age Alzheimer’s disease, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, is a riddle, wrapped in an enigma, wrapped in a mystery. Sure, doctors have come a long way in unraveling why it affects as many people as it does, but its prevalence remains somewhat of a mystery. One thing we do know [...]
Posted: December 13th, 2009 under Alzheimer's Disease.
Tags: alzheimer's prevention, causes of alzheimer's, prevent alzheimer's
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Statins: A Literal No-Brainer
Study: Statins Don’t Decrease Alzheimer’s Risk, Increase Cognitive Decline If you’re a frequent consumer of news, it may feel like you’re living in a parallel universe at times. What’s reported on what network is often avoided or given a totally different spin on another network. And when it comes to health news, there’s no better [...]
Posted: April 28th, 2009 under Alzheimer's Disease, cholesterol.
Tags: statins and alzheimer's, statins for cholesterol
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As Diabetes Domino Drops, Alzheimer’s Risk Rises
Wake Forest Researchers Link Diabetes to Dementia Risk The ongoing financial crisis the country is embroiled in has opened my eyes to how intricate a web our economic structure is. The so-called domino effect of the economic collapse – starting with the housing bubble bursting, leading to a chorus of bursting bubbles up and down [...]
Posted: March 17th, 2009 under Alzheimer's Disease, Diabetes.
Tags: dementia risk, dementia risk factors
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Mind Strong: A Resilient Mind Grounded in Exercise
When we think about exercise, we think about what kind of benefits it will bring to our body physically. That’s the primary reason why we exercise – to look better, feel better and live as healthy a life for as long as possible. But I’m beginning to believe that exercise may be just as important [...]
Posted: September 5th, 2008 under Alzheimer's Disease, Exercise.
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Fighting Shrinkage: Exercise Keeps Brain from Shrinking, Slows Alzheimer’s
There is always news coming out of the health world regarding advances in our knowledge of diseases and what can be done to prevent them. Here’s the latest news that is really no news at all in terms of our knowledge of how good it is for our health. But to this point, we didn’t [...]
Posted: July 15th, 2008 under Alzheimer's Disease, Exercise.
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Alzheimer’s Sufferers Put “Stalk” in Celery
Study: Luteolin in Celery, Peppers, Reduces Brain Inflammation  There are a few staples found in just about every refrigerator. Milk is one of them. Eggs are another. A half-full bottle of ketchup is probably a third. For the health-conscious consumer, though, celery is as much of a pillar as milk is. Why? Well, other than [...]
Posted: June 23rd, 2008 under Alzheimer's Disease.
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Can Flavonoids Treat Alzheimer’s disease?
A recent study conducted from the Rashid Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology at Silver Child Development Center at the University of South Florida is stating their findings regarding the antioxidants known as flavonoids and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. Published in the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, an experiment using mice found that the two compounds within flavonoids, [...]
Posted: May 19th, 2008 under Alzheimer's Disease, Flavonoids.
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Your Cholesterol & Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
A study was recently presented at the American Academy of Neurology stating that anyone who is middle-aged with high cholesterol is 50% more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease decades later. A study was conducted, which included 9,752 people from Northern California that found these statistics and on the contrary those who had low cholesterol were [...]
Posted: April 26th, 2008 under Alzheimer's Disease, cholesterol.
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