Alzheimer’s Disease: Links to recent research.
May 13, 2007 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Breakdown of Myelin Implicated in Alzheimer’s – a report in the April issue of the Alzheimer’s & Dementia journal suggest that it is breakdown of late stage myelin that encourages build up of the toxic amyloid beta fibrils which are deposited in the brain and develop into plaque…
Some Hypertension Drugs May Help Reduce Dementia Risk - new research from Wake Forest University indicates that high blood pressure medicines may help protect older adults from declines in memory and other cognitive functions…
Hormone therapy may fight dementia – new research suggests that hormone therapy taken soon after menopause may help protect against dementia, even though it raises the risk of mental decline in women who do not take the drugs until after age 65…
