Posted on 02/16/2015 10:50:49 PM PST by Reverend Saltine
Scientists have discovered the key to stopping Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages.
The breakthrough paves the way for a ‘statin-like’ drug that could be taken by millions to prevent dementia.
Cambridge University researchers have found a naturally occurring molecule that can slow the formation of plaques in the brain.
Amyloid plaques are closely associated with declining memory and other Alzheimer’s symptoms.
The discovery raises the prospect of a treatment which could be routinely taken in middle age to stop dementia. It could even result in a pill that could be used to treat dementia in the same way that statins are used to prevent heart disease today.
Lead author Dr Samuel Cohen told the Daily Mail last night: ‘This is the starting point for finding a drug that stops Alzheimer’s disease in its tracks. It might be used when the first symptoms appear. But another potential approach is that people would take it as a preventative drug.’
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I hope this true.
I can hardly wait to hear the legal disclaimers on the TV commercials.
So do I. I will keep using coconut oil for now.
When I hear words like “naturally-occurring molecule” I tend to get suspicious.
Obamacare may kill you before you get old enough for dementia.
It’s the Daily Fail, so take it with a grain of salt.
I’ve always wondered. How do you tell the difference between Alzheimer’s and Democrat?
I’ve always wondered. How do you tell the difference between Alzheimer’s and Democrat?
Democrat is often a lifelong condition.
Democrat generally has a much earlier onset.
How do you know when an Italian has Alzheimer’s?
They forget everything but the grudge.
Alzheimer’s patients tend to make more sense.
For keeping grudges the muzzies have the Italians beat by miles. Still pissed over the Crusades....just ask that thing in the white house.
The Obamacare death panel might just decide it is more efficient to give everyone a lethal injection by the time they reach age 65. The media would hail this as a “miracle cure” for Alzheimer’s and other illnesses. The Social Security money could then be given to illegal aliens or maybe Jihadist groups. You know someone in the 0bama admin. has to have dreamed of something like this.
For an Alzheimer’s patient the dementia will eventually kill them. For the Democrat their dementia might kill you.
That’s not funny. :(
Yeah, I bet it’s too late for.... Um, Oh never mind.
When Alzheimer’s patients forget or mess up they are often apologetic...
An Alzheimer’s patient will listen to you, then forget most of what they heard and learned, while a Democrat won’t listen at all, and never learns.
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