MSNBC today had a front page story on the discovery of 4 additional Alzheimer’s genes. Excerpt:
Researchers combing the human gene map have found four more areas that affect the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and believe the studies are starting to point to new and better treatments.
Some of the genes, associated with the most common form [...]
Hi guys,
In the past few days I’ve had a good number of new readers, and I wanted to point you guys to my main site, www.battlethespread.com. Its still undergoing changes as we speak, but I’m planning on putting some new brain exercising games there that hopefully will help stimulate the minds of people with dementia. [...]
Read an entry on MindYourElders blog here about the social stigma of people with Alzheimer’s. Excerpt:
Why is it that, in this supposedly enlightened age, mental illness still carries a stigma? Why is it that when people talking about someone who is ill, say in their office, and it’s the flu or even cancer, they will [...]
Link here:
A common epilepsy drug can reverse the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, scientists have discovered.
The drug, valproic acid (VPA), blocks production of a neurotoxic protein linked to Alzheimer’s called beta amyloid.
Deposits or “plaques” made from beta amyloid build up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients damaging their nerve cells and fibres, or “axons”.
For those [...]
Hi, some of you may have noticed a new layout for this blog.. I just wanted to encourage my readers to be patient with me as I continue to update the look/feel of this blog … I’m pretty new at this so I’m learning while I go. Thanks!
