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Reversing the brain damage of Alzheimers?

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Some potentially exciting news, especially for those of you who have loved ones who have suffered from Alzheimer’s for a considerable amount of time.  Scientists have shown the ability to reverse some of the brain damage caused by Alzheimer’s.  Article is from newscientist.com and link is here and excerpt below:
By delivering brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) [...]

Apple Juice can delay Dementia

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Article in Science Daily describing some recent research about mice who drank apple juice and how its related to Alzheimer’s.  Link here and excerpt below:
Thomas B. Shea, PhD, of the Center for Cellular Neurobiology; Neurodegeneration Research University of Massachusetts, Lowell and his research team have carried out a number of laboratory studies demonstrating that drinking [...]

Back from hiatus…

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Wanted to apologize again for the infrequency of blog posts recently.. I’ve just completed about a month of 12-14 hour days of work and haven’t been able to do much except work, eat, and sleep.  Thankfully things should be a little easier from this point on (until the next deadline comes).  I’ll be posting a [...]

Warning about Anti-Psychotic drugs!

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

Again apologize for the lack of posts recently, once I get past my deadline at work I’ll have some more time to post.  Until then, its been long hours.  However, I read an article today that grabbed my attention and I really wanted to inform my readers about what I learned.  Apparently, recent studies have [...]

A Trigger of Alzheimer’s

Friday, December 26th, 2008

Hello all,
Apologize for not posting in some time, I’ve been working 14 hour days and then the holidays came.  I hope everyone had a happy holidays and a Merry Christmas.   Came across an interesting article on Alzheimer’s on the social news site Digg today.  Apparently, “starvation” of the brain over time will trigger the biochemical [...]