7 Memory Tips for Individuals With Alzheimer’s Disease
Ella James As we grow older, memory loss is a daunting issue that most will have to deal with at some point. Alzheimer’s disease, a memory loss illness, affects 5.3 million Americans; 5.1 million of which are older than 65 years of age. Although the number of people that suffer from Alzheimer’s grows every year, […]
Brain Recovery: 5 Factors to Prevent Decline
Dr. Teri Jaklin, ND @WaterdownClinic For many years, it has been held that we are born with a finite number of neurons, and that over time these neurons die and cannot be replaced – the slow burn of neurodegeneration. Brain diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s made for a dismal diagnosis and conditions that resulted in […]
Stereotypes around aging can negatively impact memory and hearing
TORONTO, ON – A study led by researchers at the University of Toronto shows that when older adults feel negatively about aging, they may lack confidence in their abilities to hear and remember things, and perform poorly at both. “People’s feelings about getting older influence their sensory and cognitive functions,” said Alison Chasteen, professor in […]
Resveratrol could slow the progression of Alzheimer’s
A randomized, placebo controlled, double blind study explored the effects of high dose, long term use of resveratrol on amyloid-beta40 (Abeta40) which is a biomarker that decreases as the Alzheimer’s progresses in severity. Participants in the experimental group took 1g of oral resveratrol twice daily for 12 months. The experimental group showed little to no […]
Aluminum: The Alzheimer’s Autism Connection
Dr. Jared M. Skowron, ND “Confusion of the mind, confusion of ideas and thoughts, personal identity is confused, mistakes in speaking using words not intended, confusion of the intellect…” “Dementia, speech alterations, myoclonias, asterixis and convulsions” What does this describe? What comes to mind? Alzheimer’s? Autism? Last New Year’s Eve party? In actuality, the first […]