
What constitutes crazy talk with respect to Alzheimer's treatment may be a matter of opinion. Click 'Read More' below to see where the battle lines are being drawn.
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By Paddy Kamen, publisher BetterBrainBetterLife.com ![]() Is it possible to turn Alzheimer’s around, to have someone walk back from a diagnosis, return to work, recall foreign languages that were lost to them, and re-grow hippocampal volume? The latest research says yes, but is that research sound? This article covers the details of this groundbreaking research, along with criticism of it. What constitutes crazy talk with respect to Alzheimer's treatment may be a matter of opinion. Click 'Read More' below to see where the battle lines are being drawn.
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![]() By Paddy Kamen, Publisher, BetterBrainBetterLife.com A brain that is in trouble can’t allow you to think and move at the same time. So says Lauren Sergio, Ph.D., professor in the School of Kinesiology & Health Science at Toronto’s York University. Sergio and her colleague, Ph.D. candidate Kara Hawkins, used this fact to develop a simple test that predicts with over 80 percent accuracy who is at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Her test should frighten everyone who has a parent with this diagnosis. ![]() By Paddy Kamen, Publisher, BetterBrainBetterLife.com Brain function in the areas associated with Alzheimer’s disease improves as a result of regular, moderate exercise, according to new research from the University of Maryland. Dr. J. Carson Smith, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, revealed the significance of his findings: “No study has shown that a drug can do what we showed is possible with exercise. We found that after 12 weeks of being on a moderate exercise program, study participants improved their neural efficiency – basically they were using fewer neural resources to perform the same memory task.“ This is exciting news for anyone (and especially anyone at risk) who has the good sense to get off her butt and go walking at a brisk pace, or challenge herself to heart-rate-increasing tennis, swimming or other aerobic activity. Study participants were required to walk on a treadmill, guided by a personal trainer (so no lallygagging about for them!).
Read the news release here: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/uom-emb073013.php. |
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