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 [...]
Story from Science Daily about research on drugs that reduce aggression, wandering, and paranoia associated with Alzheimer’s. Link here and excerpt below:
Investigators from the Indiana University School of Medicine, the Regenstrief Institute and Wishard Health Services reviewed nine randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials evaluating the effectiveness of three popular cholinesterase inhibitors in managing behavioral and [...]
Article in VoaNews today about a church that started a program to keep elder’s minds active to help ward off Alzheimer’s. Link here and excerpt and thoughts below:
Researchers don’t know what causes Alzheimer’s in most people, and there is no cure for the disease. Hospitals and laboratories are doing research to find ways to treat [...]
This will be a very quick post today because I’ve been very busy at work. Read an interesting article today in MedicalNewsToday about new research on the links between genetic markers and Alzheimer’s. The link is here, and there’s a good amount of technical jargon in there. A summation of the article is found here [...]
Note that this is not conclusive evidence, but a recent article on Scientific America seems to bolster the evidence to support that consistent exercise (in this study via walking) seems to have a beneficial effect on brain health. Link here and excerpt below:
Studies in animal models of aging show that exercise can increase blood flow, [...]
