Cocoa-extract May Prevent Alzheimer’s

Cocoa-extract May Prevent Alzheimer’s Talk about a mouth-watering study. Cocoa-extract may reduce damage to nerve pathways seen in Alzheimer‰Ûªs. Researchers have found that a specific preparation of cocoa-extract called Lavado may reduce damage long before people develop symptoms. A study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai...

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We Need Better Nursing Home Staffing Levels – You Can Help

We Need Better Nursing Home Staffing Levels – You Can Help The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care recently launched a campaign to advocate for better nursing home staffing levels. Their contention, which I agree, is that higher staffing levels result in higher quality of care and can be...

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Senior Sex and Other Antics – What Can We Say – Read On

Senior Sex and Other Antics – What Can We Say – Read On From The Week – Item One: A 113-year-old woman married her 70-year-old boy toy in a ceremony at their Chinese nursing home. “She takes good care of me, and gives me her portion of meat during meals,”...

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Can Caffeine Fight Alzheimer’s? Possibly.

Can Caffeine Fight Alzheimer’s? Possibly. Tau deposits, along with beta-amyloid plaques, are among the characteristic features of Alzheimer’s disease. These protein deposits disrupt the communication of the nerve cells in the brain and contribute to their degeneration. A team led by Dr. Christa E. MÌ_ller from the University of Bonn...

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Taking a Statin for Cholesterol? You Still Need to Exercise.

Taking a Statin for Cholesterol? You Still Need to Exercise. Older men who were prescribed statins (the cholesterol-lowering medications associated with muscle pain, fatigue and weakness) engaged in modestly lower physical activity according to a recent JAMA study. David S.H. Lee, Pharm.D., of Oregon State University/Oregon Health and Science University...

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