Alzheimer’s

”There is a critical relationship between insulin resistance and key aspects of brain function.”

The body’s ability to heal even small skin wounds normally slows down as we age. But a new study in older adults finds that regular exercise may speed up the wound-healing process by as much as 25 percent.

Its increased consumption is recommended, due to its benefits for improving many of the risk factors associated with heart disease.

New Discovery Improves Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Type 2 Diabetes New method is able to identify the precise zones of each protein that force the proteins to bond, aggregate and form amyloid fibers. New method very useful for designing new drugs to prevent the protein aggregation.

A 500-patient study showed Avandia enhanced memory when compared with a placebo.

Could Alzheimer’s be a form of diabetes? That’s the suggestion from a new study that finds insulin production in the brain declines as Alzheimer’s disease advances.

By testing for cytoplasmic islet-cell antibodies (ICAs) along with other biomarkers of type 1 diabetes mellitus, researchers have found that the ability to predict which first-degree relatives are likely to develop type 1 diabetes themselves is greatly improved

PET proved more accurate than screening for genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s.

Study indicates that giving 1,000 patients pioglitazone (Actos) would avoid 21 first heart attacks, strokes or deaths over 3 years.

New test has the potential to be as significant to health care as measuring cholesterol levels.