Tag Archives: Alzheimer’s

Say “Science Says Celery Saves Brain Cells” Seven Times

Posted on 21. May, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..

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photo credit: Francesca:Nocella
If you think that’s hard, try the original title from the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences:
“Luteolin reduces IL-6 production in microglia by inhibiting JNK phosphorylation and activation of AP-1″
*Division of Nutritional Sciences, Integrative Immunology and Behavior Program, Department of Animal Sciences, and Department of Pathology, [...]

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This Two Minute Test Helps Diagnose Dementia

Posted on 22. Apr, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..

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If you’re worried that a loved one may be developing Alzheimer’s or another neurodegenerative disorder, this two minute test may be just what the doctor ordered. Administering the test is easy – but I can tell you as a physician and supposedly impartial third party, there is nothing more heart-wrenching than the look of [...]

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Your Waist Size NOW, Predicts Brain-Wasting Later: Here’s Why

Posted on 14. Apr, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..

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The power to predict disease is – well – powerful. And nothing is more powerful in scientific circles than a carefully constructed, decades long, longitudinal study.
In case you haven’t noticed, approximately fifty percent of adult Americans have abdominal obesity. “Abdominal” or “visceral” obesity is defined as a waist circumference greater than 102 [...]

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Eat Your Antioxidants…Or Else!

Posted on 05. Apr, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..

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The beta-amyloid deposits found within the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease are the result of a series of complex genetic-environmental interactions that occur over a life-time. In other words, for those genetically predisposed to Alzheimer’s disease, a sedentary lifestyle (think decreased cerebral blood flow), combined with S.A.D. (aka the Standard American Diet) spells disaster. [...]

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Save Your Heart–Save Your Head: In Five “E”asy Steps

Posted on 02. Mar, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..

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Remember you heard it here first.
There now exists a formidable body of literature linking cardiovascular disease and neurodegenerative disorders. More than ten years ago I found myself lecturing my patients on the not-so- subtle connection between abdominal obesity; insulin resistance; syndrome-X and endothelial-cell dysfunction. With abdominal obesity, fat is progressively packed around [...]

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