For Some time now I have posted much about research that is being done to combat Alzheimer’s Disease and although it can not help those who suffer, like yesterday, the promising results, are still some if not many years away yet, can still be seen as a light at the end of the tunnel. My last post was about the benefit of high levels of caffeine in coffee helping in the battle to beat Alzheimer’s. [...]

New research by Canadian Scientists looking into Sleep Behavior disorder, which can include violent movement, have discovered what they would suggest to be a link to Parkinson’s Disease. The study was carried out on 93 people aged 65 years old, or there abouts who have this sleep disorder. (yes I know the sleeping man doesn’t look 65yrs old… He’s not meant to) The study over a five year period discovered that 14 individuals developed Parkinson’s [...]

I came across this piece of health news that may help toward the fight against Alzheimer’s Disease. Mike Swain Science editor for the Daily Mirror penned a news item that suggests that caffeine may help in the battle to reduce the deaths of so many individuals suffering from this debilitating illness. A four year study on 124 men and women aged between 65 and 88 found that those individuals showing early signs of dementia had [...]

Although human trials will be needed to develop the drug further it would appear that Researchers at Durham University doing research into Inherited Degenerative disorders caused by mutations in LMNA (common name Lamin A/C) gene have discovered a drug that will help DNA damaged by time repair its-self. “This is an important step to helping children and older people live less debilitating lives,” said their chief researcher, Professor Chris Hutchinson. They now hope it can [...]

For Some time now I have posted about much research that is being done to combat Alzheimer’s Disease and although it can not help those who suffer, like yesterday, the promising results are still some if not many years away yet. This post is on the same subject but this time with a difference. Scientists are working on creating tiny molecules that attack and destroy harmful proteins. These particular proteins kill nerve ending which leads [...]

It looks very much like Alzheimer’s Disease will in the not to distant future become just a bad memory. I have had first hand experience of individuals suffering this debilitating illness and believe me it is something you would not wish on your worst enemy. It is heart breaking to work alongside individuals caring for some loved one suffering this progressive degenerative brain syndromes which affect memory, thinking, behaviour and emotion. My heart goes out [...]

Well it looks like the research team from Newcastle University are in the news again. This time it appears they have found that the properties in Green Tea are of beneficial help in the fight against Alzheimer’s, dementia and cancer. Green tea has been used in Chinese medicine for some thousands of years and just maybe that is why Dementia is more common in the Western world than in both china and Japan. Using a [...]

Are you now at the age where you feel like putting your feet up, listening to the radio, doing the odd crossword, playing a board game or in these days of computer technology the odd brain training game. These type of pastimes have always been seen as ways of keeping the old grey matter fit and well and slow the decline of our mental abilities melt down. Well, our cousins across the pond at the [...]

Back a couple of posts I wrote about the findings of a research team lead by Professor David Smith who wrote that 2 glasses of milk a day could help to protect against Alzheimer’s disease. Well it appears Alzheimer’s disease is in the news again. Scientists believe nuts may also help to combat the disease. An experiment with mice who had been bred to develop the disease were fed a diet with up to 9% [...]

Want to stave off dementia? Just drink just two glasses of milk daily! For a new study has suggested that milk can help protect against memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease in old age. An international team led by Oxford University, has found that milk is actually one of the best sources of the key vitamin B12. B12 is said to reduce the neurological damage to the brain which can lead to forms of dementia. Moreover, [...]

I have found three separate pieces of information on the deadly, debilitating Alzheimer’s disease. I have put them all together on this page. That way you can read without having to wonder where I put the link to the next one and so on… Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia its a grouped disorder that impairs mental functions (loss of thinking). It is a progressive disease and is documented as irreversible… What Goes Wrong [...]

New research by Canadian Scientists looking into Sleep Behaviour disorder, which can include violent movement, have discovered what they would suggest to be a link to Parkinson’s Disease. The study was carried out on 93 people aged 65 years old, or there abouts who have this sleep disorder. The study over a five year period discovered that 14 individuals developed Parkinson’s Disease and 12 others went on to develop some form of dementia. The Alzheimer’s [...]