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Milder therapeutic drugs

 Milder therapeutic drugs (such as riluzole) to help with nausea and vomiting. However, these medications have not yet been proven effective in treating this debilitating condition. A combination of several common antibiotics has shown success against severe cases but is rarely used for patients who do well on multiple classes," said Dr Richard Weisberg at University College London's Wellcome Trust Surgical Centre, where the research was carried out alongside Professor Nick Brown of Edinburgh University's School Of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. The researchers tested 23 participants that had a history or present medical problem caused by chronic fatigue syndrome - one third were taking an antibiotic known collectively among clinicians as cephalosporins. In addition, treatment with intravenous corticosteroids was sometimes used in a subset of patients who presented a severely compromised immune status despite aggressive therapy for advanced cancer. The authors conclude t...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a long evolution whose clinical symptoms appear late in life. However, in the last years, the paradigm of AD has changed. In the past, researchers thought AD was an age-related disorder that begins during the aging process. Today we know that the onset of the disease occurs between 15 (for the genetic) and 20–30 years (for the sporadic) before any clinical symptom appears.  There is no preventive or curative therapy for the disease and the lack of knowledge of when the disease begins greatly complicates the work of the physicians. Another added handicap is that neither do we know why the disease begins. In this sense, there are several hypotheses trying to explain the beginning of AD. These hypotheses may not be exclusive, and they may well overlap and take place at the same time. We can divide the hypotheses into three groups: The hypotheses based on protein deposits. This group includes the beta-amyl...

Early-onset Alzheimer's

Though the effects of the disease are similar, there are two main types. Early-onset Alzheimer's. This type happens to people who are younger than age 65. Often, they're in their 40s or 50s when they're diagnosed with the disease. When it affects older adults, though most develop normal functioning by themselves and don't require medication, some patients may have a high rate of memory loss after long-term treatment—the researchers estimate that one out of 10 can experience an average dropout for four years while developing dementia. People usually first notice symptoms during middle adulthood; once those begin occurring, more frequent diagnosis is needed so doctors know which stages overlap each other. "If you take care," says Dr. Roberts at NYU Langone Medical Center on Long Island recently before talking about his study, "his brain gets less responsive through aging." And he believes this should be prevented. This type happens to people who are yo...

Stress exacerbates Alzheimer's

 On the right arc of the cycle, elevated stress exacerbates Alzheimer's Disease, causing more rapid development of pathology and loss in cognitive function . Researchers believe that a failure to properly build up reserves can result from an insufficient diet; however their results suggest that this may be due less often than previously believed. In particular they found significant effects on brain volume, which were most pronounced during periods where alcohol is consumed excessively.      The mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration are not understood yet - but could involve immune modulation or increased levels for example of inflammatory mediators such as TNF-alpha or IL-6. On the right arc of the cycle, elevated stress exacerbates Alzheimer's Disease, causing more rapid development of pathology and loss in cognitive function. This can accelerate with increasing age. Treatment by inhibiting AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) may prevent dementia progression as...

Deposits in the brain plaques

  A century ago a German doctor called Alice outside spotted anomalies in brain sections from a patient with dementia.  Ever since people have been studying the strange plaques and tangles he saw in the hope that we could one day on the stand and kill what is now known outside his disease.  Insoluble deposits of a peptide called amyloid-beta A. B.    Because the protein is sequentially clean by 2 and beta and gamma-secretase.  All the molecules are generated by this cleavage and may play a role in the disease but A. B. tech is the main culprit.  ABC tends to miss full become sticky eventually clumping together home saludable all the goodness.  Some of these aggregates into large insoluble fibrils the deposits in the brain plaques.    We don't know exactly which species is toxic research shows that communication and plasticity.  This could be what stops the brain from full.  The big memories.  New homes on any cells affecte...

How to reduce Alzheimer's disease?

 How to reduce Alzheimer's disease? The first step is prevention. If you have a normal health history, don't start taking any medications until your symptoms improve. For example: take the medicine or drink plenty of water before bed; try walking upstairs slowly and at low speeds (and walk with ease if it makes you dizzy); stop smoking completely once you're free from nicotine use in early adulthood; eat good foods like fruit, vegetables-rice and whole grains during high stress periods such as after work for 5 days straight." This may seem counterintuitive but remember that brain dysfunction can be caused by conditions other than AD/HD! I've been told several times in the past that I should work harder with my diet and exercise. Human Soul                  Universe star            Health