Alzheimer’s affects men, women differently, researcher finds – The Post and Courier

Alzheimer’s affects men, women differently, researcher finds – The Post and Courier

Alzheimer's Disease: Inflammation as a new therapeutic approach

Alzheimer's Disease: Inflammation as a new therapeutic approach: The number of Alzheimer's patients will continue to dramatically increase in the next several decades. Various teams of researchers worldwide are feverishly investigating precisely how the illness develops. A team of scientists under the guidance of the University of Bonn and University of Massachusetts (USA) and with the participation of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases have discovered a new signaling pathway in mice which is involved in the development of chronic inflammation which causes nerve cells in the brain to malfunction and die off. The results are now being published in the renowned scientific journal "

Connecting two culprits in Alzheimer’s disease : Nature News Blog

Connecting two culprits in Alzheimer’s disease : Nature News Blog: Plaques and tangles pockmark the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. The extracellular protein amyloid-β makes plaques, and the intracellular protein tau makes tangles, but how exactly these might kill neurons is unclear. Work presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology in San Francisco, California, this week starts to connect some of these dots.

Coconut oil, Alzheimer’s disease, Seizures, Autism and more | Dr. Arturo M. Volpe

Coconut oil, Alzheimer’s disease, Seizures, Autism and more | Dr. Arturo M. Volpe: As I mentioned a few months ago in this newsletter, researchers are now looking at Alzheimer’s disease as a new form of diabetes and the expressions “Type 3 Diabetes” and “Diabetes of the Brain” have been coined. More specifically, in Alzheimer’s disease the brain loses its ability to burn glucose or blood sugar for energy.

Coconut Oil and Alzheimer’s Disease | The Alliance for Natural Health USA

Coconut Oil and Alzheimer’s Disease | The Alliance for Natural Health USA: How worried should drug companies be about supplements eating into their monopoly profits? A lot—as this story will show. Please share it with anyone you know who is suffering from Alzheimer’s or is worried about it.

Conquering Alzheimers with Coconut Ketones

Conquering Alzheimers with Coconut Ketones: Patti Smith sensed something was wrong. Her mind seemed to go into a fog at times. She would fumble for words, forget appointments, and often stopped abruptly in mid-sentence, forgetting what she was about to say. She was a productive worker and was one of the top sales consultants for BB&T bank in Washington, D.C. But brain fog made it increasingly difficult for her to sell bank services to corporate clients and her productivity began to wane.

Can coconut oil treat Alzheimer’s? | UC Health

Can coconut oil treat Alzheimer’s? | UC Health: The proposed cure is not one of those expensive Alzheimer’s drugs (which have marginal benefits), but rather a simple food that’s supposed to have dramatic effects on people with the disease. The food is coconut oil.

WHFoods: Turmeric

WHFoods: Turmeric: Growing evidence suggests that turmeric may afford protection against neurodegenerative diseases. Epidemiological studies show that in elderly Indian populations, among whose diet turmeric is a common spice, levels of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's are very low.

Controlling vascular disease may be key to reducing prevalence of Alzheimer's disease

Controlling vascular disease may be key to reducing prevalence of Alzheimer's disease: "Vascular risk factors to Alzheimer's disease offer the possibility of markedly reducing incident dementia by early identification and appropriate medical management of these likely precursors of cognitive deterioration and dementia," says Guest Editor Jack C. de la Torre, MD, PhD, of the University of Texas, Austin. "Improved understanding coupled with preventive strategies could be a monumental step forward in reducing worldwide prevalence of Alzheimer's disease, which is doubling every 20 years."

Elevated BP May Prematurely Age The Brain « CBS Philly

Elevated BP May Prematurely Age The Brain « CBS Philly: Researchers say the early changes seen with higher blood pressure may set the stage for problems with thinking, memory, and dementia down the road.
“This is an important finding,” says Paul Rosenberg, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md.

Walnuts lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease--study | TheMedGuru

Walnuts lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease--study | TheMedGuru: A new study claims eating small portions of the nuts regularly may play a beneficial role in supporting cognitive function and delaying the onset of the rapid memory decline in elderly people.
According to experts, the vitamin E and flavonoids found in walnuts can help stave off the harmful free radical chemicals that are known to cause dementia, the degenerative condition which is characterized by a progressive deterioration in cognitive function and the ability to process thought intelligently.

PET, MRI, Cerebrospinal Analysis Best for Alzheimer’s Test - Diagnostic Imaging

PET, MRI, Cerebrospinal Analysis Best for Alzheimer’s Test - Diagnostic Imaging: Researchers assessed 97 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) who underwent MRI, FDG-PET, and cerebrospinal fluid testing for fluid proteins. The results were compared to cognitive outcomes at two to three years.
Researchers found that by combining all three tests they were able to increase the accuracy of predicting conversion to Alzheimer’s disease over clinical testing alone. There was the added benefit of a decrease in false classifications, from 41.3 percent to 28.4 percent.

"Brain pacemaker" offers new hope to Alzheimer's patients - CBS News

"Brain pacemaker" offers new hope to Alzheimer's patients - CBS News: A surgical procedure may offer new hope for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease, according to scientists at Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins researchers recently implanted the same brain pacemaker that has been used to effectively treat tens of thousands of patients with Parkinson's disease in a patient with Alzheimers.

Novel Antibodies for Combating Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease | ScienceBlog.com

Novel Antibodies for Combating Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease | ScienceBlog.com: Antibodies developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are unusually effective at preventing the formation of toxic protein particles linked to Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, as well as Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.