Tag: stress and Alzheimer’s

Stress and Alzheimer’s – Not a Good Combo – Smilecast 93

Stress and Alzheimer’s – Stress Can Accelerate Symptoms Stress-induced hormones produced by the brain can increase an individual‰’s risk of developing Alzheimer‰’s disease and accelerate the development of Alzheimer‰’s in individuals already suffering from the disease. When the brain is stressed, it produces steroids that can inhibit general brain activity....

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Neurotic Middle-Age Women More Prone to Alzheimer’s

Neurotic Middle-Age Women More Prone to Alzheimer’s The Washington Post reports that middle-aged women who worry a lot may have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer‰Ûªs disease later in life, citing a studyåÊ in the American Academy of Neurology‰Ûªs journal, Neurology. The paper notes that researchers at the University of...

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Stress Can Accelerate Alzheimer’s

Stress-induced hormones produced by the brain can increase an individual‰Ûªs risk of developing Alzheimer‰Ûªs disease and accelerate the development of Alzheimer‰Ûªs in individuals already suffering from the disease.This study is the first to discover the precise mechanism that causes stress-induced Alzheimer‰Ûªs disease. When the brain is stressed, it produces steroids...

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