A New Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s A new breakthrough has been announced in Alzheimer’s research. Two groups, one at Columbia, the other at Harvard, have reported in mouse models that Alzheimer’s spreads from nerve cell to nerve cell via the projection of a misfolded tau proteins. Will this new information save us from the huge costs […]
Can I avoid Alzheimer’s using “Lifespace”? (5/25/11)
Lifespace and Alzheimer’s Disease If you want to get through a long life and remain healthy, you might want to at least check a study done at Rush Medical School’s Rehabilitation Unit. It claims that those with greater “lifespace” were on five year follow-up far less prone to Alzheimer’s than those who stayed in their […]
24 seconds to roadkill (5/18/11)
Whatever Happened to Pedestrian Rights? 24 seconds – not 24 hours. That’s how long you’ve got on the traffic shot-clock to cross 6 rows of cars on the main street of my home town, Sarasota, if you hope to reach the grounds of our main regional hospital. Before and during those 24 seconds motorists desperate […]
Walk, don’t crave (food, tobacco and other things) 1/12/11
Getting Back Control Gained a few pounds over the holidays but still craving those chocolate croissants? Do you want to establish or re-establish control over what you do? One answer for you may be walk, don’t crave. Often I’ve written that what you do is what you become. The body runs on information, using that […]
Can We Walk Away from Alzheimer’s? (10/15/10)
Can we personally avoid Alzheimer’s? Many books have been written on the subject, with suggestions varying from coffee to apple juice to flossing your teeth. Yet one of the most effective strategies may be to take a walk – preferably every day. University of Pittsburgh researchers looked at the brain MRI scans of 299 people […]