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| Scientists reverse memory loss in Alzheimer's patients |
| 2016-06-17 |
| Memory loss in Alzheimer's patients has been reversed with a tailor-made combination of diet, medication and and lifestyle changes, scientists claim. A small study of 10 patients found they all showed improvements in their memories within the first few months - and increasingly so over a two-year period, for some. Some patients taking part had stopped working, or been struggling with their jobs at the time they joined the study. All have since been able to return to their jobs or continue working, with improved performance. The findings, published in the journal Aging, claim to be the first to suggest memory loss in patients can be reversed, and improvement sustained. The treatment involved a complex, 36-point therapeutic programme, combining comprehensive diet changes, brain stimulation, exercise, sleep optimisation, specific drugs and vitamins, and other steps affecting brain chemistry. No single drug has been found to stop or even slow the progression of Alzheimer's, while drugs have only had modest effects on symptoms. The new research was a collaboration between the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and the UCLA Easton Laboratories for Neurodegenerative Disease Research. Study leader Dr Dale Bredesen hopes it could pave the way for the first effective treatment for the disease since it was first described more than 100 years ago. He said his approach is personalised, tailored to each individual patient - and is based on extensive testing to help determine the best therapies for each patient's brain. More at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
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| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-06-17 00:02 |