Alzheimer’s Genes, The Four Known Alzheimer’s Genes

"Every new Alzheimer’s gene defect we find provides new clues regarding the cause of the disease, and what we need to do to stop the disease..."

Ultimately, the full list of Alzheimer’s genes emerging from the family-based genetic studies of the Alzheimer’s Genome Project and the population based studies of the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project are getting us closer and closer to someday being able to eradicate Alzheimer’s disease using a strategy of early prediction and early intervention.
-- Dr. Rudolph Tanzi

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Dotty Sings Who's Sorry Now To Parrots

Dotty is 94 and has Alzheimer's. Been touched by Alzheimer's?

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A distant relative of Harvey and Petey

Dotty stuns me with a new song I never heard her sing before...

Here is the scenario.

I am at the computer working away. Dotty is sitting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper. Not a sound. Out of the clear blue sky she starts singing, Who's Sorry Now. In the seven plus years I have been here I have never heard here sing this song.

I grab the telephone and hit the speed dial for CinchCast. This is who I use for my podcasts.

I run up to the kitchen in time to capture some of her singing and the conversation with the parrots.

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Dr Oz Eat Curry Prevent Alzheimers

Dr Oz Eat Curry Prevent Alzheimer's Disease

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Dr.Oz's number one suggestion -- eat curry once or twice a week to help prevent Alzheimer's disease......

From time to time, Dr Oz covers Alzheimer's disease on his television show. He recently devoted a third of his show to Alzheimer's. He did a great job of framing the impending epidemic that is Alzheimer's.

Dr Oz said:

Alzheimer's is a long slow death sentence.

In the future, either you get it, or know someone that has it (Alzheimer's).

On his television show, Dr. Oz demonstrated the difference between a healthy brain, and a brain deseased with Alzheimer's. This comparison was really instructive.

During the show Dr Oz, and his guest, went on to mention the importance of physical exercise, brain fitness, and diet as a means of preventing the onset of Alzheimer's. The Alzheimer's Reading Room blog has over 100 articles on these topics. You can use the search box on the right sidebar to learn more.

At the very end of the segment, Dr Oz said that one of the best ways to ward off Alzheimer's is to eat curry. He suggested that everyone eat two servings of curry each week.

This reminded me that Professor Murali Doraiswamy, director of the Mental Fitness Laboratory at the Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, said something very similar last year.

Professor Doraiswamy said: "There is very solid evidence that curcumin binds to plaques, and basic research on animals engineered to produce human amyloid plaques has shown benefits. Turmeric has been studied not just in Alzheimer's research but for a variety of conditions, such as cancer and arthritis. Turmeric is often referred to as the spice of life in ancient Indian medical lore."

Dr. Doraiswamy went on to say.

"Don't expect an occasional curry to counterbalance a poor lifestyle. However, if you have a good diet and take plenty of exercise, eating curry regularly could help prevent dementia."

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Dr. Doraiswamy is co-author of  The Alzheimer's Action Plan. One of the best books on Alzheimer's and my personal favorite.

You could consider these healthy eating tips: Mediterranean diet, olive oil, and curry. Dr Oz mentioned or alluded to all of these healthy foods.

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Unthinkable: the Alzheimer’s Epidemic

Unthinkable: the Alzheimer’s Epidemic to Air on CNN

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On Sunday May 1st, CNN will air the first Larry King special, premiering at 8pm ET/PT and will be titled “Unthinkable: the Alzheimer’s Epidemic.”...

The one-hour special will look into Alzheimer’s disease, who gets it and why, the race to find effective treatments and a possible cure.

King will be joined by people who have been touched by Alzheimer’s disease and will include interviews with former First Lady Laura Bush and California’s former First Lady and Alzheimer’s activist Maria Shriver; actors Seth Rogen, and Angie Dickinson; TV host Leeza Gibbons; football star Terrell Owens and son of President Ronald Reagan, Ron Reagan.

Neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta will explain what Alzheimer’s is and how this disease affects the human brain.

“More and more people in our generation are gonna have to deal with it,” Rogen said. “We're dealing with it before most people have to,” he tells King. “But as you get older and you see it happening to your parents, and ultimately realize it could happen to yourself and your friends, it becomes much more real and not some imaginary old person problem, you know?” Shriver, in the first interview she’s given since losing her father, Sargent Shriver, to Alzheimer’s disease this year tells King, “I think anybody who’s not concerned about Alzheimer’s is in denial.” Read more at www.alzheimersreadingroom.com

Dr OZ The Most Revolutionary Show Ever?

Dr OZ The Most Revolutionary Show Ever? An Alzheimer's Breakthrough?

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Dr OZ The Most Revolutionary Show Ever? An Alzheimer's Breakthrough?

This could be the most revolutionary show we have ever done -- Dr Oz...

Are nitrosamines a root cause of Alzheimer’s?

Could your diet cause Alzheimer’s? Learn the revolutionary new breakthrough that may help you prevent or even reverse this disease as seen on the Dr Oz show. Read more at www.alzheimersreadingroom.com

 

Alzheimers Dementia, Types of Dementia

Alzheimer's Disease, Types of Dementia, and What is the Difference Between Alzheimer's and Dementia

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What is the Difference Between Alzheimer’s and Dementia?

What is Alzheimer's Disease?

What is Dementia?

Dementia and the Eight Types of Dementia Read more at www.alzheimersreadingroom.com