This following is a guest post by Shannon Wills, who writes on the topic of Physical Therapist Assistant Schools . She welcomes your comments at her email: shannonwills23@gmail.com. Many of you are familiar with the horrifying statistics regarding Alzheimer’s Disease: · Over 5.2 million Americans are affected and the number...
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AlzheimerÛªs and Aging ÛÒ Why Our Brains Go Down the Drain with Age
This following is a guest post by Shannon Wills, who writes on the topic of Physical Therapist Assistant Schools . She welcomes your comments at her email: shannonwills23@gmail.com. Many of you are familiar with the horrifying statistics regarding AlzheimerÛªs Disease: åá Over 5.2 million Americans are affected and the number...
Vitamin B Shows Promise for Alzheimer’s
Researchers at MIT found during clinical trials that a three-nutrient cocktail of B vitamins, phosopholipids and antioxidants was found to promote the growth of certain brain synapse connections that typically erode during the early stages of Alzheimer’s. The nutrients develop the fatty molecules that form brain cells and synapses. Over...
Muscle Strength Decreases Increase Alzheimer’s Chance
As muscle strength decreases, chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease increases, according to research by Rush University Medical Center. 970 adults with an average age of 80 engaged in a series of strength and cognition tests. The subjects’ strength was rated in units, and ranged from -1.6 to 3.3. For each...
Should advanced dementia be considered a terminal illness?
That is the question this article in Scientific American asks readers. And perhaps they have a point. If we look at dementia in the whole we would probably help better ease the pain of those battling it and avoid unnecessary medical procedures. What scares me is that some will interpret...
New Test Claims to Detect Early Alzheimer’s
Reporting in the June 10 issue of BMJ, researchers have developed a new self-administered cognitive test that is quick to use, examines 10 skills, and reportedly detects 93% of cases of Alzheimer’s disease. Lead researcher and neurologist Jeremy Brown, MD, from Cambridge, the United Kingdom says that the test can...