Memory Topics
- Memory = a brain function.
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- LMTX = Methylene blue
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- Addiction ...
- Alzheimer & Dementia
- see also: Dementia
- Alzheimer’s disease is just one of 70 causes of dementia (an umbrella term for memory loss due to changes in the brain).
Not everyone who has dementia has Alzheimer’s – it can also be part of Parkinson’s disease or the result of a stroke, for example.
- Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a condition that, in many cases, is a precursor to Alzheimer's disease.
- Alzheimer Disease (la maladie d'Alzheimer)
accounts for 64% of all Dementia cases.
- We all have a 50 percent chance of developing Alzheimer's disease after age 85. Alzheimer's disease is not a normal part of aging.
- Dementia= a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases.
- Alzheimer Disease = AD is the most common form of dementia. AD is a progressive, degenerative brain disease. AD affects memory, thinking, and behaviour.
- Vascular dementia
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Semantic dementia
- Lewy bodies dementia.
- etc... (It is possible for a patient to exhibit two or more dementing processes at the same time, as none of the known types of dementia protects against the others.)
- Dementia - Wikipedia - la Démence
- Dementia is a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging. It may be static, the result of a unique global brain injury, or progressive, resulting in long-term decline due to damage or disease in the body. Although dementia is far more common in the geriatric population, it can occur before the age of 65, in which case it is termed "early onset dementia". Dementia is not a single disease, but rather a non-specific illness syndrome (i.e., set of signs and symptoms) in which affected areas of cognition may be memory, attention, language, and problem solving. It is normally required to be present for at least 6 months to be diagnosed; cognitive dysfunction that has been seen only over shorter times, in particular less than weeks, must be termed delirium. In all types of general cognitive dysfunction, higher mental functions are affected first in the process.
- Symptoms of dementia can be classified as either reversible or irreversible, depending upon the etiology of the disease. Less than 10% of cases of dementia are due to causes that may presently be reversed with treatment.
- Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia
- Alzheimer Society of Canada - Société Alzheimer du Canada
- Alzheimer’s Association (US)
- Alzheimer’s Society (UK)
- Legal & Financial
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- Causes of Dementia
- Diet - Sugar - Carbohydrates
- mould
- vasculatory/circulatory problems
- chronic hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Aggressively lowering elevated blood pressure significantly reduces the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and perhaps Alzheimer's disease.
- depression
- Depression may be an early symptom of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
People who are depressed have an increased risk for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease—that is, blockages in the arteries that impede blood flow to the heart and brain.
Although depression was associated with an 85 percent increased risk for dementia from all causes, the risk for vascular dementia was 250 percent.
- vitamin deficiency
- Oral hygiene
- Maintaining healthy gums and teeth is important in reducing P gingivalis. Porphyromonas gingivalis causes corroding of the gums and decaying of the teeth. It is a well-known risk factor for heart and artery disease.
- Plaques give every sign of being the brain's protective reaction against inflammation. They're an effect, not a cause, of the illness that's eating up brain cells – the causes most likely being poor sleep (which prevents elimination of brain waste), toxins, chronic infections, allergies and all the other multiple causes of inflammation. In mice, the oral infection was found to penetrate the brain and increase production of amyloid beta, the Alzheimer's-linked protein. Most laypeople just think of it as brain plaque. P gingivalis also produces poisonous enzymes called gingipains which have previously been linked with two other Alzheimer's-associated proteins called tau and ubiquitin.
- How gum disease could lead to Alzheimer's
- Porphyromonas gingivalis in Alzheimer's disease brains: Evidence for disease causation and treatment with small-molecule inhibitors
- virus
- Herpes - Almost all of us have latent herpes viruses residing dormant within us. The problem comes when they're woken up in the brain by infection, inflammation, a stressful event or a weakened immune system.
- genetics?
- Copper (Cu)
- See also: vitamins.htm#traceminerals
- Tap Water May Increase Your Risk of Alzheimer's – Awakening From Alzheimers
- Inorganic copper in drinking water (delivered by copper pipes in the home). Inorganic copper in your bloodstream is called "free copper." And it's NOT good.
- "Organic" copper is the kind you get from the food you eat; it's bound to other elements like carbon and hydrogen. This copper is necessary for the body.
- Copper in multi-vitamins?? Don't take a multivitamin that contains copper. Typical multi-vitamin has 2mg Cu (Copper Sulphate), which is 100% of the daily recommended Cu dose (according to the label).
- The current recommended dietary allowance for copper intake for adults is 0.9 mg/d. However, the study did not find that high copper intake alone was related to cognitive decline. High copper intake was associated with a significantly faster rate of cognitive decline but only among persons who also consumed a diet that was high in saturated and trans fats.
- Hearing loss
- Iron ...
- Vision loss
- Sight loss and vision impairment strike more than the eyes alone. They're also linked with cognitive decline and dementia.
- Cataracts - those who accepted surgery had half the rate of cognitive decline compared to those who did not undergo cataract surgery.
- David Perlmutter M.D. - Alzheimer's and Dementia - David Perlmutter M.D.
- A Maverick Scientist has Made an Important New Alzheimer's Discovery – Awakening From Alzheimers
- Guamanian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/parkinsonism dementia complex (ALS/PDC) = a hybrid form of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS – also known as Lou Gehrig's disease). Boiled bats contained a high dose of a toxin named BMAA – β-N-methylamino-l-alanine. Bats in Guam, until they became extinct, ate a diet filled with the seeds of cycad trees, which contain BMAA. The BMAA contained in the cycad trees originates in what are called cyanobacteria that grow on the roots of the trees.
- The amino acid L-serine, which is available as a dietary supplement, may help protect against these types of brain problems and lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease. L-serine could possibly boost longevity. In research on the Ogimi inhabitants of Okinawa, some of the longest-living people on earth, a dietary analysis shows that they eat foods – like seaweed – that contain four times as much L-serine as the average American diet.
- Study: These Commonly Prescribed Drugs Are Linked to a Nearly 50% Higher Dementia Rate - Everything Zoomer - anticholinergic drugs (a class of drugs that includes some antidepressants, bladder antimuscarinics, antipsychotics and anti-epileptic drugs).
- etc??
- Cures? for Dementia
- Predicting and Preventing Dementia
- Cognitive decline due to ageing can be reversed in mice – here's what the new study means for humans
- It has been known for some years that eating blueberries and other fruit and vegetables, such as strawberries and spinach, improves cognition in rodents and older people. These foods are rich in molecules such as resveratrol, fisetin and in quercetin, which have been shown either to kill or rescue senescent cells.
- Scientists could have a better way to spot early signs of dementia — Quartz
- Ultrasound neck scan to measure the intensity of "carotid artery forward compression waves." This is a measure of the force needed to propel blood to the brain. After taking age, blood pressure, body mass index, diabetes and other cardiovascular conditions into account, the researchers found those with the highest intensity pulses at the start of the study were 50 per cent more likely to suffer accelerated cognitive decline over the following decade. 51856, BHF, BBC-46155607
- Fitness
- How to cut your risk of memory loss - CNN.com
- Daily Consumption of Oregon Hazelnuts Affects a-Tocopherol Status in Healthy Older Adults: A Pre-Post Intervention Study | The Journal of Nutrition | Oxford Academic - (vitamin E, Magnesium)
- L-serine
- Klotho: Could This Protein Actually Be the Key to Longevity? - Everything Zoomer
- Sleep
- Dementia: The greatest health challenge of our time - BBC News
- Research estimates that one in three cases could be prevented by lifestyle changes including:
- treat hearing loss in mid-life
- spend longer in education
- don't smoke
- seek early treatment for depression
- be physically active
- avoid becoming socially isolated
- avoid high blood pressure
- don't become obese
- don't develop type 2 diabetes
- Many dementias could be prevented if nine lifestyle factors were corrected, resulting in about 30 per cent fewer people with dementia.
- low levels of education
- mid-life hearing loss
- physical inactivity
- high blood pressure
- Type 2 diabetes
- obesity
- smoking
- depression
- social isolation.
- Care / Caring for Alzheimers
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- The Most Promising Research in the Race for a Dementia Cure - Everything Zoomer
- LATE
- Awakening From Alzheimers
- SAD = Standard American Diet (to be avoided)
- Regain Your Brain – Trailer - $0 online series
- ApoE4.Info – The Alzheimer's Gene Resource
- Dr. Dale Bredesen | The End of Alzheimer's | MPI Cognition
- APOE-4 allele. It is known that carrying this allele is associated with increased risk for Alzheimer's disease. APOE-4 allele (the APOE-4 allele is present in about 20-25% of the United States population). It is easy to test for this allele without involvement of a healthcare provider by simply trying a genetic testing product like 23 and Me.
- The Sleep Doctor - Michael J. Breus, PhD
- EndFatigue
- SHINE Protocol = Sleep + Hormones + Infection + Nutrition + Exercise (with sunshine)
- If a medical product/procedure is not profitable, it can't go through the FDA (USA) approval process. Inexpensive or natural/holistic products are not discussed in medical schools.
- Cures A-Z on the App Store
- Eating chocolate (one small square per day) is as much as 25 times more likely to prevent a heart attack than taking a Statin. (Unless you have a known heart disease.)
- Curamin (not to be confused with Curcumin) will reduce pain if taken 2-3 times a day for six weeks. More pain relief than Celebrex.
- Curcumin (included in CuraMed) will help with depression. More effective than anti-depressant drugs.
- Neurogenesis: How to Change Your Brain | HuffPost
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- Smoking
- What Impact Does Smoking Have on Dementia Risk?
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