Many older adults feel helpless and fearful when it comes to the topic of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Many assume there’s nothing they can do to prevent it. But according to recent emerging [...]
Category: Alzheimer’s disease
Why Alzheimer’s symptoms spike in winter
Modern medicine typically ignores how natural factors can have a profound effect on your health. For the most part, they assume high-tech approaches beat out natural alternatives for everything, [...]
The decadent treat linked to five major health benefits
Halloween isn’t until the end of the month, but I say go ahead and give into your chocolate craving — any time of year. In fact, research shows that indulging in chocolate several times a week [...]
The health risk hiding in your old report cards
Now that kids are back in school, I thought I’d share some recent research linking getting good grades in elementary school to significantly lower dementia risk later in life. It’s just more [...]
Why so many diabetes drugs don’t work—and why one old standby does
When insulin was discovered nearly a century ago it was a great advancement for Type I diabetes. People suffering from this type of the disease don’t have the ability to make insulin. Which, of [...]
Alzheimer’s protection from Nature’s most powerful anti-inflammatory
Yesterday, I reviewed the link between chronic inflammation and pain. I also explained how chronic inflammation even plays a major role in the development of chronic diseases — including [...]
The common, pennies-a-day pill that erases pain and slashes Alzheimer’s risk
This week, I’m going to talk a lot about inflammation. Lately, it’s been a bit of a buzzword in the health realm. But it’s all for good reasons, as emerging research links chronic inflammation to [...]
Blockbuster drugs and vaccines linked to Alzheimer’s disease
On Tuesday, I reported on a groundbreaking, new study conducted by U.S. researchers that nails down five real risk factors for developing cognitive decline. But in my view, the researchers missed [...]
Three major risk factors for cognitive decline you can control — starting today
Older adults fear Alzheimer’s disease (AD) more than almost any other condition (outranked only by cancer). And a lot of that fear stems from the great unknown. Mainstream medicine simply hasn’t [...]
Simple vitamin improves learning and cognition in new Alzheimer’s disease lab study
Much to the disappointment and frustration of affected patients and families around the world, mainstream medicine has failed to develop a drug to prevent, and much less treat, Alzheimer’s [...]