Pre-Alzheimers Test ... Thx Marge R!

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I’m safe so far….found them all.  Have fun

I have no idea as to authenticity as a diagnostic tool---but it was fun.

 

Check this out:  They label this an Anti-Alzheimer exercise...
To keep a sharp mind! Fascinating!

CAN YOU SEE 10 FACES IN THIS TREE?

THERE'S A FACE IN HERE. CAN YOU SEE IT?

CAN YOU SEE THE BABY?

CAN YOU SEE THE KISSING COUPLE?

CAN YOU SEE THE THREE WOMEN?

If you find them all you are not at the beginning stages of Alzheimer or Dementia!

Send this round' to all your friends, these are really fascinating

UCLA on Alzheimer's Disease Thanks Sarah R and Jack H!

Subject: Fw: UCLA on Alzheimer's Disease - young or old should read

UCLA on Alzheimer's Disease - young or old should readFood for Thought
 
"The idea that Alzheimer's is  entirely genetic and unpreventable is perhaps the greatest misconception about  the disease," says Gary Small, M.D., director of the UCLA Centeron Aging.  Researchers now know that Alzheimer's, like heart disease and cancer, develops over decades and can be influenced by lifestyle factors including cholesterol,  blood pressure, obesity, depression, education, nutrition, sleep and mental,  physical and social activity. The big news: Mountains of research reveals that simple things you do every day might cut your odds of losing your mind to  Alzheimer's.  In search of scientific ways to delay and outlive Alzheimer's and other dementias, I tracked down thousands of studies and interviewed dozens of experts. The results in a new book: 100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer’s and Age-Related Memory Loss
 
Here are 10 strategies I found most surprising.
 1.        Have coffee. In an amazing flip-flop, coffee is the new brain tonic. A large European study showed that drinking three to five cups of coffee a day in midlife cut Alzheimer's risk 65% in late life. University of South Florida researcher Gary Arendash credits caffeine: He says it reduces dementia-causing  amyloid in animal brains. Others credit coffee's antioxidants. So drink up,  Arendash advises, unless your doctor says you shouldn't. 
 2.        Floss. Oddly, the health of your teeth and gums can help predict dementia. University of Southern California research found that having periodontal disease before age 35 quadrupled the odds of dementia years later.  Older people with tooth and gum disease score lower on memory and cognition tests, other studies show. Experts speculate that inflammation in diseased mouths migrates to the brain.
 
3.        Google. Doing an online search can stimulate your aging brain even more  than reading a book, says UCLA's Gary Small, who used brain MRIs to prove it.  The biggest surprise: Novice Internet surfers, ages 55 to 78, activated key memory and learning centers in the brain after only a week of Web surfing for an hour a day.
 
4.        Grow new brain cells. Impossible, scientists used to say. Now it's believed that thousands of brain cells are born daily. The trick is to keep the newborns alive. What works: aerobic exercise (such as a brisk 30-minute  walk every day), strenuous mental activity, eating salmon and other fatty fish, and avoiding obesity, chronic stress, sleep deprivation, heavy drinking  and vitamin B deficiency. Drink apple juice. Apple juice can push production of the "memory chemical" acetylcholine; that's the way the popular Alzheimer's drug Aricept works, says Thomas Shea, Ph.D., of the University of  Massachusetts. He was surprised that old mice given apple juice did better on learning and memory tests than mice that received water. A dose for humans: 16 ounces, or two to three apples a day.
 
5.        Protect your head. Blows to the head, even mild ones earlyin life, increase odds of dementia years later. Pro football players have 19 times the typical rate of memory-related diseases. Alzheimer's is four times more common in elderly who suffer a head injury, Columbia University finds. Accidental  falls doubled an older person's odds of dementia five years later in another  study. Wear seat belts and helmets, fall-proof your house, and don't take risks.
 
6.        Meditate. Brain scans show that people who meditate regularly have less cognitive decline and brain shrinkage- a classic sign of Alzheimer's- as  they age. Andrew Newberg of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine says yoga meditation of 12 minutes a day for two months improved blood flow and cognitive functioning in seniors with memory problems.
 
7.        Take Vitamin D.  A "severe deficiency" of vitamin D boosts older  Americans' risk of cognitive impairment 394%, an alarming study by England's  University of Exeter finds. And most Americans lack vitamin D. Experts recommend a daily dose of 800 IU to 2,000 IU of vitamin D3.
 
8.        Fill your brain. It's called "cognitive reserve." A rich accumulation  of life experiences - education, marriage, socializing, a stimulating job,  language skills, having a purpose in life, physical activity and mentally  demanding leisure activities - makes your brain better able to tolerate  plaques and tangles. You can even have significant Alzheimer's pathology and  no symptoms of dementia if you have high cognitive reserve, says David  Bennett, M.D., of Chicago's Rush University Medical Center.
 
9.        Avoid infection. Astonishing new evidence ties Alzheimer's to cold sores, gastric ulcers, Lyme disease, pneumonia and the flu. Ruth Itzhaki,  Ph.D., of the University of Manchester in England estimates the cold-sore  herpes simplex virus is incriminated in 60% of Alzheimer's cases. The theory:  Infections trigger excessive beta amyloid "gunk" that kills brain cells. Proof  is still lacking, but why not avoid common infections and take appropriate  vaccines, antibiotics and antiviral agents?
  
10.     What to Drink for Good Memory: A great way to keep your aging memory sharp and avoid Alzheimer's is  to drink the right stuff.
 
a.        Tops: Juice. A glass of any fruit or vegetable juice three times a week slashed Alzheimer's odds 76% in Vanderbilt University research. Especially protective: blueberry, grape and apple juice, say other studies.
 
b.        Tea: Only a cup of black or green tea a week cut rates of cognitive  decline in older people by 37%, reports the Alzheimer's Association. Only brewed tea works. Skip bottled tea, which is devoid of antioxidants.
 
c.        Caffeine beverages. Surprisingly, caffeine fights memory loss and  Alzheimer's, suggest dozens of studies. Best sources: coffee (one Alzheimer's  researcher drinks five cups a day), tea and chocolate. Beware caffeine if you  are pregnant, have high blood pressure, insomnia or  anxiety.
 
d.        Red wine: If you drink  alcohol, a little red wine is most apt to benefit your aging brain. It's high  in antioxidants. Limit it to one daily glass for women, two for men.  Excessive alcohol,  notably binge drinking, brings on Alzheimer's.
 
e.        Two to avoid: Sugary soft drinks, especially those sweetened with high fructose corn syrup. They make lab animals dumb. Water with high copper  content also can up your odds of Alzheimer's. Use a water filter that removes excess minerals.
 
      Ways to Save Your Kids from Alzheimer's:
 ·            Now, Alzheimer's isn't just a  disease that starts in old age. What happens to your child's brain seems to  have a dramatic impact on his or her likelihood of Alzheimer's many decades  later.
 
·            Here are five things you can  do now to help save your child from Alzheimer's and memory loss later in life,  according to the latest research. Prevent head blows: Insist your child wear a  helmet during biking, skating, skiing, baseball, football, hockey, and all  contact sports. A major blow as well as tiny repetitive unnoticed concussions  can cause damage, leading to memory loss and Alzheimer's years  later.
 
·           Encourage language skills: A  teenage girl who is a superior writer is eight times more likely to escape  Alzheimer's in late life than a teen with poor linguistic skills. Teaching  young children to be fluent in two or more languages makes them less  vulnerable to Alzheimer's.
 
·            Insist your child go to  college: Education is a powerful Alzheimer's deterrent . The more years of  formal schooling, the lower the odds. Most Alzheimer's prone: teenage drop  outs. For each year of education, your risk of dementia drops 11%, says a  recent University of Cambridge study.
 
·            Provide stimulation: Keep  your child's brain busy with physical, mental and social activities and novel  experiences. All these contribute to a bigger, better functioning brain with  more so-called 'cognitive reserve.' High cognitive reserve protects against  memory decline and Alzheimer's.
 
·            Spare the junk food: Lab  animals raised on berries, spinach and high omega-3 fish have great memories  in old age. Those overfed sugar, especially high fructose in soft drinks,  saturated fat and trans fats become overweight and diabetic, with smaller  brains and impaired memories as they age, a prelude to  Alzheimer's.

 

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Gary Landreth, a neuroscientist at Case Western Reserve University, was lead researcher on the Alzheimer’s study.

A skin-cancer drug could offer hope for the millions of patients coping with the debilitating effects of Alzheimer’s disease.

Scientists at Case Western Reserve University led a study of the drug bexarotene on mice and found that it helped wipe out a protein linked to Alzheimer’s.

Their study, published yesterday in the journal Science, showed that the drug reduced the amount of amyloid beta by as much as 75 percent. The protein damages nerve cells.

The mice returned to normal behaviors three days after treatment with bexarotene, which is marketed as Targretin.

“No one, ourselves included, would have ever imagined that any drug would have worked with this speed,” said Gary Landreth, a Case neuroscientist and lead researcher. “It’s stunning.”

There are an estimated 5.4 million people with Alzheimer’s in the United States.

Amyloid beta is a common substance in human brains, but Alzheimer’s patients lose the ability to clear it from synapses. The researchers suspected that bexarotene’s effect on brain activity might help with Alzheimer’s.

If not cleared, the protein builds up as plaque and blocks synapses, ultimately killing nerve cells, said Dr. Doug Scharre, director of cognitive neurology at the Ohio State University Medical Center.

“The fact that this agent gets rid of the amyloid is very positive,” said Scharre, who was not involved in the study.

Scharre said many researchers speculate that by the time drugs are used in human trials of Alzheimer’s patients, it’s too late to halt serious problems.

“We can’t revive a dead nerve cell,” Scharre said. “If we could attack this at the very early stages of memory loss, we could have much better results.”

Other studies of drugs that showed promise in mice produced little change in human patients, said Maria Carrillo of the Alzheimer’s Association, which has helped fund some of Landreth’s research.

“We’re not sure that this is going to actually show the desired clinical benefits,” Carrillo said. “We owe it to ourselves and our constituents to follow every lead that we have.”

Landreth said he hopes to begin human trials soon.

“I want to be in the clinic within the next few months,” he said.

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MARK CLARK (GRANDVIEWOHIO2008)

Hate to be the buzz kill here as alzheimers is on the top of the hideous things you or a love one can get, but, for some reason things work alot better in mice than men.

2012-02-10 06:33:51.0

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MARK BEYER (MARKTBEYER)

Hate to be more than a buzz kill, but if this proves out, the pharma co's are going to score big by putting out their pills at $$$ rate equal to putting their great-great-great grandchildren through Harvard. Thanks USA ... for nothing (yet again). If you don't believe me, look at history. If you still don't believe me, just wait and see.

2012-02-10 07:02:57.0

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LAURA BRADLEY-SEAQUEST (LAURABRADLEY)

Wonderful but it won't be available for several decades. Perhaps it will help my great-grand children.

2012-02-10 07:04:48.0

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LUKE THOMAS (C_ETUDE@YAHOO.COM)

There is NO CURE for Alzheimer's. I think a lot of it comes from the meat people eat due to prions and there are many variations of "mad cow". Keep in mind these researchers are getting BILLIONS of your tax payers' dollars so yeah they are all going to say "stunning" to promote getting more of the government milk and honey. We are also living unnaturally long lives - and brains naturally deteriorate - mostly from lack of use which is most likely the cause of dementia. Diabetes also damages the brain and that's very common all over America. But Alzheimer's, which has to do with PLAQUES in the brain, is similar to Mad Cow so I think it's a variation of that disease, but NOBODY is doing brain biopsies of people who died from Alzheimer's - which is where the research should start - NOT mice.

2012-02-10 07:17:08.0

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BILLY BUSH (TOOBER)

pure *********

2012-02-10 08:23:06.0

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BOB DEMARCO (BOBDEMARCO)

This is really a well written story and should be shared in the Alzheimer’s community. Two issues. “Bexarotene has a good safety and side-effect profile. The Case Western Reserve researchers hope these attributes will help speed the transition to clinical trials of the drug.” Clinical trials with humans are expected to start in the next month or so. Bob DeMarco, Founder Alzheimer’s Reading Room http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/

2012-02-10 09:06:59.0

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VICAR OF HELL (VICAROFHELL)

@Luke Thomas (c_etude@yahoo.com) First off good job on using your e-mail on a public forum, I am sure you don't recieve any spam at all. Second, the government spends about $500 million a year, not "billions". Adviser's are asking for $2 billion a year to make a real impact (projections have patients with Alzheimer's costs at about $1 trillion dollars annually). AIDs research is about $3 billion annually in comparison.

2012-02-10 10:27:02.0

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STEVE BAILLE (SHORTNORTHSTEVE)

Luke: You are woefully uninformed on many of your points. Thanks for telling us what YOU think cause Alzheimer’s….. Without even a shred of scientific evidence.

2012-02-10 12:07:58.0

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BEN G (BEN_G)

Things appear to work better in mice because they don't have lots of complex, long-term memories. I'm sure they can get motor function back but getting back lost memories is a pretty tall order.

2012-02-10 12:36:34.0

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DUFFY MCSWEENEY (DUFFMAC)

We lost my uncle Wally Gray to this disease a couple years ago. Wally was a proud Ohio State grad and migrated to Detroit with his wife Carol and lived in the area most of his life. What I find extraordinary about his story is that he left his brain for research purposes to "that school up north". Even in death, Buckeyes and Wolverines have one common goal... to eradicate Alzheimer's.

2012-02-10 13:28:52.0

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MARK CLARK (GRANDVIEWOHIO2008)

shortnorthlibtard and vicarofstupid stop attacking people and talk about the issues, you libtards.

2012-02-10 17:33:22.0

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SUE WICK (WICK)

So are you guys politicians? Attack the person,Dance around the issue?. I hope they do find away to combat Alzheimer's. I have a friend that has been diagnosed with this condition. She is only 58. It's crazy how fast it takes your life away. Please pray for a breakthrough!!! ONE NATION UNDER GOD-WAKE UP AMERICA!!! Get back under GOD'S covering before it's too late!!!

2012-02-11 12:40:07.0