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Preventing Dementia

April 12, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Preventing Dementia Many people are scared of death, but often tell me they’re more frightened of dementia. “I can’t face that,” one patient told me, “I can’t do that to my family.” So how to stop it?  One Swedish study shows a way. It includes a follow up of 44 years.  Persistence can pay off. In […]

How Cell Recycling Benefits You (and prevents cancer, dementia, diabetes, etc.)

October 8, 2016 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

There’s great power in biological cell recycling.  Your body’s ability to self-digest (autophagy) lets you fight cancer, resist aging, recycle everything from broken cell walls to destroyed viral proteins, kill off pathogens, remake your energy balance, recast most nutrients, and deny diabetes (it also works while you sleep.)  It’s high time the Nobel committee recognized the […]

What Really Causes Alzheimer’s?

June 5, 2016 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Alzheimer’s Disease scares people, and it should. It is one thing to lose your life – it’s another to lose your mind.  Alzheimer’s rates rise with age, and people are living longer.  Recent studies show that many Americans now in their fifties will live into their late eighties.  Alzheimer’s rates get particularly frightful around age […]

Life Is So Fast You Have To Rest (11/4/13)

November 4, 2013 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Cleansing the Brain What is sleep for? A few answers: 1. Learning 2. Memory Consolidation 3. Rebuilding Tissues  and –  4. A brand new use – Cleansing the Brain (washing out toxins) What Happens When You Don’t Sleep Well? Much higher rates of 1. Heart disease 2. Heart Attack 3. Stroke 4. Depression 5. Infections […]

Better Living With Booze? (7/27/12)

July 27, 2012 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Drinking and Living Can alcohol be good for you?  Much evidence would argue yes. Compare  “moderate” drinkers who have perhaps one glass of wine a day versus those who never drink.  Who lives longer? Those who drink small amounts regularly. Yet alcohol causes lung cancer, stomach cancer, kidney cancer, brain cancer, oral cancer.  It’s a […]

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