Aging Well Brain Health Senior Health The Secrets of ΓÇ£SuperAgerΓÇ¥ Brains By article ΓÇ£SuperAgersΓÇ¥ 80 and above have distinctly different looking brains than those of normal older people, according to research done at … Read More→
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Using the Brain to Heal Histamine Intolerance By blog In today's over-prescribed, oversized yet undernourished society, we often find ourselves plagued with inexplicable ailments. I'm not talking about the […]
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The Human Brain: A Three-Pound Wonder By Jane Farrell blog EditorΓÇÖs note: Nancy┬áWurtzel, whose mother died of AlzheimerΓÇÖs, is all too familiar with the terrifying illness. ThereΓÇÖs no cure for […]
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_ Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias Memory & AD: Understanding Brain Circuitry By Sondra Forsyth article A study published August 31st 2014 in the journal Nature Neuroscience by,Sylvain Williams PhD and colleagues at the Research Centre … Read More→
_ Medical Care Medical Procedures Deep Brain Stim OK for Older PD Patients By Sondra Forsyth article Older patients with Parkinson disease (PD) who undergo deep brain stimulation (DBS) appear to have a 90-day complication risk similar to younger patients, suggesting that age alone should not be a primary factor for excluding patients as DBS candidates. ThatΓÇÖs the finding of research done by Michael R. DeLong, B.A., of the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. and colleagues and published online August 25th 2014 inJAMA Neurology.
Brain Health Elasticity of Brain Arteries & Aging Well By Sondra Forsyth article In an effort to identify how the elasticity of the arteries in the brain correlates with aging well, researchers at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign used optical methods developed in their lab to map out the pulse pressure of the entire brainΓÇÖs cortex.