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Care Homes Sedating Elderly Alzheimer's Patients with Antipsychotic Drugs

8/28/2008 - (NaturalNews) The British government is conducting an investigation into the off-label use of antipsychotic drugs to sedate patients with Alzheimer's disease. On February 4, the all-party parliamentary group on dementia heard testimony from patient advocates...

Review: Zyflamend Supplement for Inflammation; Tips on Anti-Inflammatory Foods and Herbs

7/22/2008 - (NaturalNews) Sales of anti-inflammatory pharmaceuticals are a multi-billion dollar industry. Yet as we've learned with the Vioxx fiasco and all the tens of thousands of deaths surrounding that drug, anti-inflammatory medications can be extremely dangerous....

Sugary Drink Consumption Linked to Alzheimer's Disease

7/14/2008 - (NaturalNews) High consumption of sugary beverages may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study conducted by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Researchers took mice that were genetically...

Natural Ways to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease

5/16/2008 - (NaturalNews) While their may be a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s Disease, it is a primarily preventable disease. An unhealthy diet high in sugar and Trans fats, lack of both mental and physical exercise, and a highly stressful life is generally...

Rosemary Can Protect the Brain From Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

5/13/2008 - (NaturalNews) Rosemary is an herb with a distinctly woody taste and fragrant evergreen needle-like leaves that can deliciously transform our food. In addition to its food enhancing properties, rosemary is a potent brain protector. Ancient Greeks believed...

Astaxanthin: The Little-Known Miracle Nutrient for Inflammation, Anti-Aging, Athletic Endurance and More

5/6/2008 - (NaturalNews) Every once in a very great while, I discover a natural medicine so astonishing that I feel compelled to share it with you. The verb "discover" is actually not to my credit, by the way; Mother Nature created this natural medicine eons ago,...

Mediterranean Diet Boosts Life Expectancy of Alzheimer's Patients

1/22/2008 - (NaturalNews) Alzheimer's patients who eat a Mediterranean diet have a higher survival rate than patients who eat a more traditional Western diet, according to new research published in the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The...

Week in Review: Cloned Meat, Scientific Fraud and Mandatory Organ Harvesting from (Nearly) Dead Patients

1/18/2008 - (NaturalNews) Wrapping up the important health news stories this week, the FDA announced that cloned meat and milk could now be sold to consumers without any labeling indicating its cloned status. Now factory cattle farms -- which already operate with...

Stress, Prescription Medications, and Alzheimer's Disease

12/28/2007 - (NaturalNews) Medications and stress may be contributing to the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. In a recent study conducted at the University of California, Irvine, researchers discovered that when genetically modified mice were injected with dexamethasone,...

Nationwide trial to test omega-3 oils vs. Alzheimer's disease

12/7/2007 - (NaturalNews) A consortium of researchers, supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Institutes on Aging and coordinated by the University of California-San Diego, will be conducting a nationwide clinical trial to study the effects of...

DHA fatty acid helps halt Alzheimer's progression

12/3/2007 - (NaturalNews) A type of omega-3 fatty acid called docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) may help prevent the abnormal clumping of certain proteins that leads to the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience....

Microchipping of Alzheimer's patients begins in Florida

9/14/2007 - (NaturalNews) The Delray Beach, Fla.-based company VeriChip Corp. has announced plans to implant 200 Alzheimer's patients in Palm Beach County with radio-frequency identification chips as part of a pilot study to test the new technology. The VeriMed...

More Research Highlights the Broad Health Benefits of Omega-3 Fish Oils and Fatty Fish

7/19/2007 - Research on omega-3 fish oils keeps looking better and better: new studies have found that omega-3s fish oils can help with three catastrophic diseases -- Alzheimer's, heart failure, and cancer. Ernst J. Schaefer, MD, of the USDA's nutrition research...

Scientists discover the brain has ability to repair itself

2/21/2007 - (NaturalNews) Neuroscientists at Auckland (N.Z.) University and the Carlsson Institute for Neuroscience in Sweden have found a cell pathway providing new evidence that the brain may be able to repair itself, according to the results of an eight-year study. The...

Top Alzheimer's researcher charged with felony criminal conduct for secret financial ties to Pfizer

12/6/2006 - (NaturalNews) A top researcher at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was charged Monday with criminal violation of federal conflict-of-interest laws by failing to disclose financial links with drug giant Pfizer, prosecutors said. Pearson "Trey"...

Chemical Found In Curry May Help Immune System Clear Amyloid Plaques Found In Alzheimer's Disease (press release)

11/22/2006 - Published in the Oct. 9 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, the early laboratory findings may lead to a new approach in treating Alzheimer's disease by enhancing the natural function of the immune system using curcumin, known for its anti-inflammatory...

Omega-3 fatty acids help prevent dementia, U.S. study suggests

11/16/2006 - (NaturalNews) A study by researchers at Tufts University in Boston has added to growing evidence that suggests increased levels of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenioc acid (DHA) in the blood can significantly lower the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's...

Omega-3 fatty acids boost cognitive function, learning in elderly patients

11/3/2006 - (NaturalNews) Daily supplementation with omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may boost mental function in elderly patients with mild cognitive decline, according to a new Japanese study published in the October issue of the journal Neuroscience Research. Researchers...

Strawberry nutrient protects against Alzheimer's, study finds

10/24/2006 - (NaturalNews) A new study from researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has found that an antioxidant nutrient in strawberries may help improve memory and protect the brain from the onset of Alzheimer's disease. The researchers found...

Juices may reduce Alzheimer's disease risk (press release)

10/19/2006 - In a large epidemiological study, researchers found that people who drank three or more servings of fruit and vegetable juices per week had a 76 percent lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than those who drank juice less than once per week....

Stress significantly hastens progression of Alzheimer's disease (press release)

10/18/2006 - Stress hormones appear to rapidly exacerbate the formation of brain lesions that are the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers at UC Irvine. The findings suggest that managing stress and reducing certain medications prescribed for...

Methylcobalamin nutrient offers solution for sleep disorders, mental alertness

10/16/2006 - (NaturalNews) Consumers suffering from mental decline, sleeplessness or other nervous system disorders may be feeling the effects of vitamin B12 deficiency, according to recent research. Deficiency of vitamin B12 can cause a wide range of health problems,...

Anti-psychotic drugs found useless against Alzheimer's

10/12/2006 - (NaturalNews) A new study published in today's New England Journal of Medicine found the widely prescribed anti-psychotic drugs used to treat Alzheimer's symptoms are no more effective than placebo and can cause serious side effects. Researchers from...

Medical myths explained: Why health researchers mistakenly think one disease causes another

10/11/2006 - Health researchers are making all sorts of discoveries about the correlations between various diseases. They're finding out that gum disease is correlated with heart disease. The problem is, they're jumping to the conclusion that there is a direct causal...

Mediterranean diet found to reduce Alzheimer's risk

10/10/2006 - (NaturalNews) Following the Mediterranean diet -- rich in healthy fats and oily fish -- may help slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by Columbia University researchers. The study's lead researcher, Dr. Nikolaos Scarmeas,...

Marijuana nutrients found to help prevent Alzheimer's disease

10/6/2006 - (NaturalNews) A study conducted by scientists at Scripps Research Institute in California has found that, contrary to marijuana's reputation, the ingredients of the drug can actually fight off the memory-impairing effects of Alzheimer's disease. The...

Pomegranate juice shown to halt Alzheimer's disease progression

10/4/2006 - (NaturalNews) A new animal study published in the journal Neurobiology of Disease has found that dietary intake of antioxidant-rich pomegranate juice may reduce the buildup of harmful proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease by half. Researchers...

Higher blood pressure associated with decline in walking ability in older persons (press release)

9/29/2006 - Decline in lower limb function is common in older people, and worsening gait is associated with increased risk of dementia and death. However, factors contributing to gait difficulties in older persons are not well understood. A study by researchers...

Phytochemicals in red wine may slow Alzheimer's disease

9/28/2006 - (NaturalNews) When administered the equivalent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's definition of a "moderate" amount of wine -- 5 ounces daily for women and 10 ounces daily for men -- memory loss and brain cell death slowed in mice with an Alzheimer's-like...

Natural compound from 'pond scum' shows potential activity against Alzheimer's (press release)

9/18/2006 - A compound isolated from a cyanobacterium, a type of blue-green algae known as Nostoc, shows promise of becoming a natural drug candidate for fighting Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, according to an in vitro study by researchers in...

Mainstream media hypes up absurd treatments for cancer, Alzheimer's disease

9/1/2006 - (NaturalNews) Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently began treating cancer in a "new" way by inducing the immune system to attack cancer tumors -- a method natural health advocates say is nothing new, and when induced naturally,...

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