Archives for April 2018

The next time you look at those numbers on your scale, please take a moment to consider the many possible risks for developing Alzheimer’s they represent. A report in Vascular Health and Risk Management shows a two-fold increase of developing Alzheimer’s in late life if you are obese in midlife. Researchers also studied obesity in […]

Being physically inactive contributed to the largest proportion of Alzheimer’s disease in the USA. If you had to pick one of the three lifestyles that determined whether you were going to do all you can to defeat Alzheimer’s, it would be your commitment to exercise 30 minutes a day, five to six days a week. […]

One of the most frequently mentioned statement in medical literature when discussing Alzheimer’s is: What is good for the heart is good for the brain. These articles center on the importance of the blood supply to the brain. The one most harmful food we eat as Americans that damages our arteries are the foods containing […]

Did You Know Medical Literature has Studies Showing Steps You Can Take to Reduce The Odds of Developing Alzheimer’s? The book, Defeating Dementia, is a review of the medical literature concerning steps that can be taken to reduce the odds of developing Alzheimer’s. It is medically related but is written in layman’s terms that is […]

Can Anything be Done to Decrease Your Chances of Developing Alzheimer’s? Can you do anything during the twenty-plus years of stage one Alzheimer’s to prevent from stealing your life? Is there anything you can be doing to significantly lower the chances of the disease progressing? An article in the medical journal Lancet stated that up […]

Most people think Alzheimer’s is something that starts around the age 65 and progressively becomes worse as you age. Reports and studies now reveal that the initial cellular damage in the brain begins twenty to thirty years before the first symptoms start to show. Recent advances in brain-imaging technology give us new ways to see […]

Beta-amyloid is one of the two factors that were seen the first time the condition of Alzheimer’s was diagnosed. That was back in 1906 when Alois Alzheimer identified the first Alzheimer’s patient. He had a patient who progressed from difficulty with memory to the point where the patient was completely dependent on others to take […]

The question is: when did Mrs. Dell initially begin developing Alzheimer’s? Most people think the problem of Alzheimer’s is something that starts around the age 65 and progressively becomes worse as you age. Reports and studies now reveal that the initial cellular damage in the brain begins twenty to thirty years before the first symptoms […]

Sadly to say, there are no medications that can cure the disease of Alzheimer’s. The build-up of beta amyloid protein, that is the hallmark finding in Alzheimer’s patients, kills the brain cells it is surrounding. Once these cells die, there is nothing that can bring them back to life. As more and more of these […]

Do You Know The Hallmark Findings That Make the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s? Alzheimer’s dementia is a complex entity. From a medical standpoint, we do not yet know what the initial step in the process is, or what exactly causes it to get worse. We do know there are two basic markers that make the diagnosis […]