According to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 12–19, 2008, people with Alzheimer’s disease who take vitamin E appear to live longer than those who don’t take vitamin E.
The study found people who took vitamin E, with or without a cholinesterase inhibitor, were […]

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A Dutch research team reports that depression appears to more than double the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Previous studies has linked depression to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s, and many have suspected that risk is tied to changes in the brain caused by depression. The theory has been that depression shrinks specific areas, leaving the […]

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A research team reports that coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body.
The drink has already been linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer’s Disease, and a study by a US team for the Journal of Neuroinflammation may explain why.  A vital barrier between the brain […]

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According to conclusions reported by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, people with early Alzheimer’s disease were involved in more traffic accidents and performed worse on road tests than drivers without cognitive impairment. The study also found that people with mild dementia were much more likely to fail a road test than those […]

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Reporting in the current issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, UCLA’s Alzheimer Disease Research Center researchers suggests fish oil as an accessible and inexpensive “weapon” that may delay or prevent this debilitating disease.
It’s good news that we are living longer, but bad news that the longer we live, the better our odds of developing late-onset […]

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A new Italian study suggests that simply walking regularly or engaging in other moderate exercise can reduce dementia risk in people age 65 and older. This new conclusion is very important as vascular dementia is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease
The findings are published in the December 19 issue of the […]

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A research team at Bristol University suggests that regular exercise programme can significantly reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by as much as a third. They suspect that regular exercise produces such a great effect because of its benefits to the vascular system as well as releasing chemicals in the brain. They also find an […]

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A new study at the University of Pittsburgh found that having hypertension, or high blood pressure, reduces blood flow in the brains of adults with Alzheimer’s disease. This study demonstrates that good vascular health is also good for the brain.

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According to study published in Archives of Internal Medicine (JAMA/Archives), November 12th issue, men who take beta carotene supplements for 15 years or longer may have less cognitive decline.
This finding is important as a decline in thinking, learning and memory skills (cognitive ability) is a strong predictor of dementia, and dementia is a rising public […]

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A newly developed blood test led by Stanford University can identify those individuals at risk of Alzheimer’s disease up to six years before symptoms would become apparent.
The US researchers say the new test could indicate who had Alzheimer’s, as well as who was likely to develop the condition, with 90% accuracy.
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