Understanding the causes and nature of dementia/Alzheimer’s is as difficult to untangle as the tangles and clumps of neuronal tissue that give the brain disease its identity. It becomes further upsetting that medical science is not making progress fast enough, and at the same … [Read more...]
Bad news about reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s
While we can accept that Alzheimer’s is a progressive deteriorating brain disease without effective treatment and cure, it’s harder to believe that we can’t do something to prevent its onset in the first place. Now that we have a surge of baby boomers about to create … [Read more...]
To reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s, starting early is better
While there are a number of recommendations for keeping the mind and body healthy over a lifetime, there are some specific activities that appear to reduce the amount of the protein marker, beta-amyloid, commonly found in the Alzheimer’s brain. Susan M. Landau, PhD and her … [Read more...]
The Women of Alzheimer’s Series – Rosa Parks
She was just plain tired that day and only wanted to get home. She sat in her usual section of the bus, but when a white man demanded her seat she refused. Her refusal led to her arrest, the 381 day Montgomery Bus Boycott and being known as the “mother of the … [Read more...]
The old dog is learning new tricks in the fight against Alzherimer’s
While we wait for the medical breakthroughs to improve dementia and Alzheimer’s, other researchers are already discovering cognitive skills improvement in older adults. Professor, Elizabeth Stine-Morrow, of the University of Illinois Educational Psychology and Beckman … [Read more...]