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Nov 12th, 2009
Can a prescription food help people who have Alzheimer's disease? Axona is a medical food designed to address certain nutritional and metabolic needs associated with the disease. According to the manufacturer, Accera, the goal of Axona therapy is to optimize a person’s cognitive function.
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Nov 10th, 2009
People often say that art speaks to them. When words and thoughts fail, as in the case of Alzheimer’s dementia, the symbolic language of art can tell a story, express an emotion or recreate a memory that may otherwise be left untold.
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Nov 10th, 2009
Research published in the November Archives of Neurology has found that older adults with strong muscles have a 61% lower chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The stronger participants also showed a slower overall decline in mental abilities, a precursor to Alzheimer’s.
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Nov 7th, 2009
Middle-aged women who have high levels of homocysteine have a twofold greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease then women who have lower levels.
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Oct 19th, 2009
Across the nation, 27,975 teams walked across the nation on Saturday. The purpose was to walk for memory, a walk for research, for support, and for awareness of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The walk is for all ages and many cities across America had a good turnout.
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Oct 15th, 2009
Scientists at the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School say that dementia patients need better end of life care. Dementia is a terminal illness like cancer and other critical diseases, yet death from dementia is underecognized.
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Sep 30th, 2009
A study ordered by the National Football League (NFL) has uncovered critical data about the incidence of memory problems and dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease among NFL players that the league must now face head-on. The findings show that memory-related diseases appear to be significantly more common among NFL players, including a 19-fold higher rate among men ages 30 through 49.
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Sep 30th, 2009
A naturally occurring compound in extra virgin olive oil has been found to limit the effect of toxic beta amyloid proteins that contribute to cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Sep 23rd, 2009
New research finds poor money management skills may indicate that a person with mild memory problems will soon develop Alzheimer's disease.
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Sep 23rd, 2009
The standard explanation for what causes Alzheimer's is known as the amyloid hypothesis, which posits that the disease results from of an accumulation of the peptide amyloid beta, the toxic protein fragments that deposit in the brain and become the sticky plaques that have defined Alzheimer's for more than 100 years.