Alzheimer’s disease Journalist Profile

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Nicotine Patch for Alzheimer’s-Could Nicotine Help You Remember?

1 week ago | peoplespharmacy.com | Joe Graedon |Alzheimer’s disease

For decades researchers have considered nicotine a serious health problem. It is, after all, the addicting compound in cigarettes and other tobacco products. Humans have apparently been using tobacco as a drug for over 12,000 years (Nature Human Behavior, Feb. 2022). It has been smoked, snuffed and chewed. More recently, drug companies have created the nicotine patch. It is supposed to help people stop smoking. Could it also help people who are suffering from Alzheimer disease?
Artist, digital archivist Anshul Roy visits NDSU campus to share groundbreaking work

2 months ago | inforum.com | Lonna Whiting |Alzheimer’s disease

Anshul Roy began his journey as an artist as a traditional photographer attracted to the romantic notions of seeing the world with new eyes, finding beauty in the mundane and capturing it for the world to see and remember forever. All that changed when he realized capturing images for the world to see and remember also meant documenting some of the worst in humanity at the same time.
Simple Steps to Stay Sharp and Prevent Dementia

Jan 23, 2025 | peoplespharmacy.com | Terry Graedon |Alzheimer’s disease

Many people would like more information on how to prevent dementia. Perhaps they have taken care of a family member during a long, slow decline. Or maybe they have watched a neighbor or friend gradually lose their ability to think or interact. Luckily, there are several simple steps we can take to stay sharp. Most will not surprise you–regular exercise, healthful diet, avoid toxins and brain injury. But one factor surprised us. Can Controlling the Thermostat Help You Prevent Dementia?
Accuracy and clinical applicability of plasma tau 181 and 217 for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis in a memory clinic cohort - Journal of Neurology

Jan 22, 2025 | link.springer.com | del Val |Josep Maria |Alzheimer’s disease |Universitat de Barcelona

AbstractPlasma tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 (p-tau181) and 217 (p-tau217) have demonstrated high accuracy for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) diagnosis, defined by CSF/PET amyloid beta (Aβ) positivity, but most studies have been performed in research cohorts, limiting their generalizability. We studied plasma p-tau217 and p-tau181 for CSF Aβ status discrimination in a cohort of consecutive patients attending an academic memory clinic in Spain (July 2019–June 2024).
Memory Makers or Memory Takers: Medications and Dementia

Jan 22, 2025 | peoplespharmacy.com | Joe Graedon |Alzheimer’s disease

Visitors to this website and subscribers to our newsletter know that we have been highly critical of the FDA’s approval of anti-amyloid drugs for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). They are expensive, barely beneficial at slowing cognitive decline and have some serious side effects. There is growing support for a different approach to AD. We were intrigued to read a new systematic review of medications and dementia (Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, Jan. 21, 2025).
You can watch 12 plays in one hour for $10. Here's how.

Jan 20, 2025 | inforum.com | Lonna Whiting |Alzheimer’s disease

Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre’s 10 Minute Play Festival opened this past weekend to rousing delight, and at $10 a ticket, the hour-long stage experience is fun for the wallet, too. The series, held over two weekends, welcomes aspiring playwrights from anywhere to send their manuscripts for potential inclusion in the annual festival. It also gives writers, actors, producers, set designers and the like the opportunity to experiment with performances that last approximately ten minutes.
Young classical musicians make their American debut with FM Symphony Orchestra

Jan 13, 2025 | inforum.com | Lonna Whiting |Alzheimer’s disease

Emerging young musicians Sophie and Ania Druml are taking the global classical music scene by storm with their refreshing, modern interpretation of classical piano, violin and cello performed at the highest level. They now have good reason for bringing their talents to our corner of the Northern Plains. The sisters, who were born and raised in Vienna, have family ties to the Fargo-Moorhead area. They are set to make their American debut at Fargo Moorhead Symphony Orchestra’s Jan.
Moorhead Friends Writing Group creates artistic community for area writers

Dec 9, 2024 | inforum.com | Lonna Whiting |Alzheimer’s disease

“A place where logophiles, those who love words, can meet and share their knowledge.”It’s not the official mission statement of Moorhead Friends Writing Group , but they’re not mincing words. MFGW is a group for writers of all experience levels and genre preferences, offering the region’s writers a unique opportunity to write, publish and promote the literary arts among like-minded folks.
Microbes on the Mind: How the Brain Microbiome Affects Dementia Risk

Dec 5, 2024 | peoplespharmacy.com | Terry Graedon |Alzheimer’s disease

Everyone is aware that we have a microbiome within our digestive tract. It’s a whole ecological system unto itself containing bacteria, viruses and fungi. For decades, medical students learned that the lungs, the brain and other organ systems did NOT harbor such micro-organisms. But now, evidence is mounting that was a misconception. There is clearly a lung microbiome. Scientists are beginning to find evidence of a brain microbiome as well.
Artist Ellen Diederich’s lifelong love affair with color, music and movement

Dec 2, 2024 | inforum.com | Lonna Whiting |Alzheimer’s disease

Ellen Diederich loves a good road trip, but passengers beware: her vehicle makes frequent stops. “I just can hardly drive without stopping all the time. I start composing and I can’t stop myself,” she said of driving and long-distance journeys, which is a favorite creative ritual for the award-winning, nationally recognized watercolor and acrylic artist. “I start seeing images take shape while moving in the car.