Experts: Cannabis Could Help Cure Alzheimer’s If Lawmakers Would Chill Out – Forbes


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Experts: Cannabis Could Help Cure Alzheimer's If Lawmakers Would Chill Out
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According to brain experts, cannabis has shown considerable promise for treating the cause of dementia and Alzheimer's, but federal regulators keep blocking their path toward a cure. Despite evidence suggesting that chemicals found in cannabis can ...
Industry News: Treating Alzheimer's by Targeting the Immune SystemSelectScience
Alzheimer's Association New Interactive "LiveWell" Series Offers Online Tools to Empower People to Live Well with ...PR Newswire (press release)
Study says Alzheimer's care costs rise to $259 billionThe Southington Observer

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Drinking tea could cut risk of dementia: NUS – TODAYonline


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Drinking tea could cut risk of dementia: NUS
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SINGAPORE – Drinking tea regularly could lower the risk of cognitive decline among the elderly by half, and among those genetically inclined to develop Alzheimer's disease by up to 86 per cent, National University of Singapore (NUS) researchers have ...
Don't want dementia? Turn the kettle on: Just ONE cup of tea a day lowers the risk of toxic clumps forming in the brainDaily Mail
Drinking one cup of tea a day linked to lower risk of getting dementia: StudyThe Straits Times
NUS Study: Daily Consumption of Tea Protects the Elderly From Cognitive DeclineNewswise (press release)
International Business Times, Singapore Edition
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7 Ways to Minimize Sundowning in Alzheimer’s Patients – Alzheimer’s News Today


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7 Ways to Minimize Sundowning in Alzheimer's Patients
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“Sundowning” is the term used to describe the changes people with dementia and Alzheimer's disease can often experience in the late afternoon/early evening. It seems that the changing of light brings on various symptoms such as mood changes, confusion, ...

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Alzheimer’s disease: brain diabetes – Southside Times


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Alzheimer's disease: brain diabetes
Southside Times
The National Institute on Aging report warns high homocysteine levels may double risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Statin Drugs are shown to increase dementia risk too. Oh my! Rates of Alzheimer's are four times higher in America than India.
Alzheimer's news: Discovery of a gene could hold the key to future treatmentsExpress.co.uk
Gene linked to ageing makes people's brains look 12 years olderInternational Business Times UK

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Wartime rations given to dementia patients at a care home – but it’s for a very caring reason – Mirror.co.uk


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Wartime rations given to dementia patients at a care home - but it's for a very caring reason
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She said: "Taste is a very powerful sense which has the ability to trigger memories of life experiences, stimulate happiness and comfort, all of which are pertinent in people afflicted by Alzheimer's disease and dementia. "The menus are created in ...