LOW VITAMIN D LINKED TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
October 7, 2012 by admin
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MedScape Medical News September 28, 2012 Yet another study has linked low vitamin D levels with significant health issues — in this case, poor cognition. In this latest systematic review of the literature, people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) had lower concentrations of vitamin D than those without AD, and better cognitive test results were […]
ALZHEIMER’S MAY ORIGINATE IN A FORM SIMILAR TO THAT OF INFECTIOUS PRION DISEASES
October 10, 2011 by admin
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The following extract was taken from an article published in the News Medical (4.10.11) Source: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: “The brain damage that characterizes Alzheimer’s disease may originate in a form similar to that of infectious prion diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob, according to newly published research […]
