Dementia is a syndrome, an umbrella category, rather than a disease because it has no defining cause, distinguishing symptoms, and treatments. The term dementia encompasses many forms of cognitive decline. A syndrome is a better word to define a disease, … Continue reading
Parkinson’s disease (PD) develops when nerve cells in the substantia nigra part of the brain deteriorate over time resulting in our brain’s ability to produce dopamine. Symptoms of PD https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/parkinsons-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20376055. Most people recognize tremors or shaking of the hand or … Continue reading
It has been known that regular exercise can reduce the risk of dementia by 30% and Alzheimer’s disease by 45%. Regular exercise increases the heart rate and more oxygen flows through our brains. Most of us do not have a … Continue reading
Most Americans are deficient in magnesium, a mineral critical for brain health. Magnesium is also required for chemical reactions in hundreds of other body functions. Yet, resupplying the brain with the right kind of magnesium may reverse your brain’s age … Continue reading
Science magazine conducted a half-year study that may have been flawed. A new study looks for links between heart health and Alzheimer’s The original 2006 study in Nature Magazine, https://www.nature.com/articles/nature04533, opined that the beta-amyloid protein subtype, Aβ*56, damages memory independently … Continue reading
The United Kingdom Biobank analyzed nearly one-half million records comparing baseline scores with several neurodegenerative syndromes. The results are promising for the earlier detection of several types of dementia. https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/dementia-signs-symptoms/2022/10/21/id/1092904/ Data Analyses https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/alz.12802 The results of this study appeared recently … Continue reading
I read an article last night that sounds good, but I believe it cannot work. The headline is, How to Train Your Brain to Prevent Dementia. (https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/brain-dementia-alzheimers/2022/08/19/id/1083866/) The underlying assumption is that athletes train to become better. Other professionals do … Continue reading
An article last month in the JAMA Neurology gives hope to those who have Lou Gehrig’s disease – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This nervous system disease impacts muscle strength and function. https://www.als.org/understanding-als/what-is-als Patients with ALS have nerve cells that break … Continue reading
Last summer, I wrote about a light and sound therapy to help those with Alzheimer’s disease. Here is an excerpt from that article. https://wp.me/p4ztmz-1q2 Modulated Light & Sound https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/alzheimers-light-therapy-sound-therapy/2021/07/27/id/1030117/. Alzheimer’s patients were exposed to a rhythmic brain pattern focused on … Continue reading
Twenty percent of older adults are deficient in folate (vitamin B9). Researchers examined over twenty-seven thousand medical records of men and women between 60 and 75. The Study https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/low-folate-dementia-death-aging/2022/03/22/id/1062407/. None of them were previously diagnosed with dementia. For four years, … Continue reading