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Laughter may be best medicine for age-related memory loss

Jun 10, 2014 by

The cliché “laughter is the best medicine” may actually be true for age-related memory loss. New research from Loma Linda University (CA) has found that humor appears to reduce brain damage caused by cortisol, the “stress hormone.” This, in...

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Reversing Alzheimer’s in mice

Jun 8, 2014 by

Researchers from Saint Louis University were able to reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer’s in mice. The compound, called antisense oligonucleotide (OL-1), was given to mice with Alzheimer’s. It reversed both brain inflammation and learning and memory deficits....

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Youthful blood reverses age-related cognitive decline

Jun 7, 2014 by

Researchers have found that putting blood from young mice into older mice “recharges” the brain to function like a young brain. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/276385.php...

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Common antidepressant may slow Alzheimer’s

Jun 3, 2014 by

Giving the antidepressant Citalopram to older mice who already had Alzheimer’s plaques in their brain halted the growth of the existing plaque and reduce the formation of new plaque by 78%....

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Possible new Alzheimer’s treatment

Jun 1, 2014 by

A protein called Transthyretin (TTR) that carries vitamin A and thyroxine (a hormone) is mostly produced in the liver and in parts of the brain where cerebrospinal fluid is produced. New research has found that it may be possible...

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Vitamin D deficiencies linked to cognitive impairment in older adults...

May 30, 2014 by

A new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center supports previous evidence that Vitamin D deficiencies are linked to cognitive impairment in older adults....

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