Alzheimer's and Dementia

Archive for February, 2007

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

To Hell In A Handbasket; Men Who Crash And Burn

What’s up with men? Why do we push our bodies to extremes? Why do we so often ignore our body’s signals that we’re doing too much, going too fast, trying too hard? Why do we indulge in excess, and constantly exceed our” envelope of tolerance”?

A lot of us, it seems, are just too tough for our own good.

A neighbor I talked with recently expressed this attitude after telling me about his chronic .

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Cognitive Mental Health Disorders
Therapists around the globe are constantly searching for answers that help them understand mental illnesses. Cognitive disorders including,…Want to Continue?

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

New Hope for Alzheimer’s Treatment

There is now widespread agreement among research scientists and medical professionals that Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a problem quickly growing to vast proportions.

As the life expectancy of Americans continues to rise, increasing the percentage of the population over 65 years of age, so does the number of Alzheimer’s cases.

It is currently estimated that people over 65 years of age have a 10% .

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Can Vitamin E Cure Almost Everything?

Vitamin E is an absolutely vital nutrient in your body, but it probably can’t do half the things you heard it can.

What does vitamin E do? To begin, it is an antioxidant.

It tames dangerous free radicals and helps prevent blood clots and blockages in coronary arteries.

Research points to its ability to reduce the risk of chronic diseases, such as heart attacks and some cancers.

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Monday, February 26th, 2007

The Niacin Rush

Your face turns flush and your skin starts to itch.

Your heart begins to beat faster.

The itching may be felt all across your face and extend down your arms to your fingertips.

What is going on? If you’re like me you forgot what you learned in school and had to call ask-a-nurse to be reminded.

You may have taken a little too much niacin, or vitamin B-3.

It’s ok, you’ll be fine, it w .

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Stem Cell Breakthrough: Can You Now Make Your Own?

Over the past few years, stem cells have been getting a lot of attention.

What makes them so interesting is their ability to stimulate the production of many types of healthy cells.

That means that a single stem cell can turn itself into brain cells, liver cells, skin cells, pancreas cells, and so on.

In February of 2003, an article about stem cells was published in the Journal of the Ame .

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