Feminine Brainpower Unleashed
Maria Shriver is the daughter of a parent with Alzheimer’s but she is also one of the most vocal in exposing the impact of Alzheiemer’s on women. The Shiver Report focuses on how women are and will suffer the brunt of the Alzheimer’s epidemic. The report cites daunting statistics of a cost well beyond the $300 billion a year currently [...]
It’s not pleasant to think that 3.4 million women over the age of 65 are experiencing various stages of dementia and Alzheimer’s nor to imagine that by 2050 there will be 8 million women. As I writing this month’s blog posts, it was depressing to find there is no cure for Alzheimer’s anywhere near the [...]
She was one of the most famous philanthropists of her time and her motto was “Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around.” Vincent Astor, Newsweek magazine Chairman of the Board and descendent of the rich and socially prominent Astor family was Brooke Astor’s third husband. While married she became [...]
We’ve come to think the best way to fight a disease is to find “the cure.” Money and energy is laser focused in that direction and we believe that eventually the battle will be won. Leading the change in conversation from cure to prevention of Alzheimer’s is Jean Carper. Jean is the former senior medical [...]
The Alzheimer’s Association is a comprehensive resource for its community. Being fully aware that individuals are seeking the latest information on treatment, the association has issued a cautionary assessment on alternative treatments. The primary concern is that no one treatment (even though it may show improvement results) has sufficient research to indicate effectiveness by itself [...]
It was expected that the antioxidant effect of Vitamin E would proved to contribute significantly to reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s, especially if given in higher dosages. While some studies showed improvement other showed no benefit and even an increase risk of death. Both the Mayo Clinic and the Alzheimer’s Association recommend that no one [...]
Before it was Alzheimer’s disease, it was a woman. By 1901, a husband who could no longer care for his wife brought her to the Institution for the Mentally Ill and for Epileptics in Frankfurt, Germany. Even though her behavior was very disturbing, she was not insane. Auguste’s symptoms of dementia had started in her [...]
Understanding the causes and nature of dementia/Alzheimer’s is as difficult to untangle as the tangles and clumps of neuronal tissue that give the brain disease its identity. It becomes further upsetting that medical science is not making progress fast enough, and at the same time various alternative treatments have been promoted as to having “some” [...]
Rather than looking to a pharmaceutical to help maintain long-term brain health, the answer may be as simple as sitting down and enjoying meal of rich sourced Omega-3s. You’ll find your richest Omega-3s in salmon, herring, mackerel, anchovies, sardines, flax seeds and walnuts. Omega-3s are unsaturated fatty acids and certain types have already proven beneficial [...]
A recent clinical study on aerobic exercise may provide some insight into what looks to be promising results in reducing the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s even though the National Institute for Health is currently is not endorsing any one method or treatment. The first randomized clinical study of exercise and brain protection was conducted [...]
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