Nutritionists recommend fish as part of a healthy diet, and now research shows that omega-3 fatty acids found in the oil of certain fish may also benefit the brain by lowering the risk of dementia. In order to test whether an omega-3 fatty acid can affect the progression of AD, researchers at
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2 January, 2012
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2 January, 2012
Researchers are getting closer to understanding how Alzheimer’s disease develops and a key component in several emerging theories is insulin and its role in the brain. One reason uncovering the role of insulin in Alzheimer’s disease is exciting is because drugs already exist to treat insulin
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2 January, 2012
A number of environmental factors have been put forward as possible contributory causes of Alzheimer's disease in some people. Among these is aluminium. There is circumstantial evidence linking this metal with Alzheimer's disease but no causal relationship has yet been proved. As evidence for
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2 January, 2012
by John O'Brien
Dementia currently affects around 25 million people worldwide and the number is set to rise to more than 80 million over the next 30 years. During the past decade, the advent of pharmacological treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is the cause of two-thirds of -
2 January, 2012
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is one of the most common types of progressive dementia. The central feature of DLB is progressive cognitive decline, combined with three additional defining features: (1) pronounced “fluctuations” in alertness and attention, such as frequent drowsiness,
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2 January, 2012
Drs Tom Brittain and Joanna Skommer of the University of Auckland’s School of Biological Sciences, working in collaboration with Dr Subadhip Raychaudhuri at the University of California, Davis, have discovered that the protein neuroglobin may protect against diseases such as Alzheimer’s by
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2 January, 2012
Aβ is the main component of amyloid plaques* which are present in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. The protein is thought to cause behavioural and cognitive impairment due to the damage and death of neurons in the critical memory and navigational part of the brain called the hippocampus.
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2 January, 2012
There are 10 inexpensive steps all New Zealanders can take to live a longer and healthier life.
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2 January, 2012
What Science Tells Us About Growing Older And Staying Healthy
This article includes information supplied by Tara Parker-Pope of the Wall Street Journal. Today the life expectancy (Life expectancy is the average length of life remaining at a given age) of New
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2 January, 2012
More evidence that the so-called Mediterranean diet is good for the health has emerged in three studies published recently. The research shows that wine is better than beer or spirits at protecting against heart disease, that olive oil can reduce the risk of bowel cancer and that garlic may