16. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 9:18 am PST

having just lost a loved one who suffered with alzheimers, my guestion is , is it an inheridited, illness??

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17. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 9:26 am PST

And . . . just how do you who to believe? My husband and I long ago stopped taking prescription medicines and have turned to herbal remedies. We exercise and maintain a balanced diet but become less confident when we read all the pros and cons from MD's. My age is 71, my husband is 67 and we would like to continue on with good health. God Bless.

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18. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 10:17 am PST

I was just wondering if anyone had taken into account about oxygen. If the brain does not get enough oxygen could this be a partial blame for dementia. As we age it seems we lose sufficent air plus inflamation builds up making globs of infectious material entering our minds.Thereby I wonder if less oxygen carries this to our minds.

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19. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 10:17 am PST

I was just wondering if anyone had taken into account about oxygen. If the brain does not get enough oxygen could this be a partial blame for dementia. As we age it seems we lose sufficent air plus inflamation builds up making globs of infectious material entering our minds.Thereby I wonder if less oxygen carries this to our minds.

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20. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 10:18 am PST

THC works miracles. I know most of you won't believe it. But it's true. The Government needs to let our Universities and Research Centers Study Cannabis, instead of Blindly Claiming that Cannabis has no Medical Value.. They are just Wrong and Lie! Hash Cookies work wonders with Alzhimers.

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21. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 10:34 am PST

My grandmother just died of alzheimers. She lived a healthier lifestyle than anyone I know. I have a feeling that researches are missing something totally unrelated to exercising the brain and eating right. The worst part of alzheimers is the emotional pain that the patient goes through. I would like to see researchers come up with a drug that would help ease that emotional pain rather than prevent the illness. None of the meds. my grandmother took helped to prevent, slow down or decrease her symptoms. We should keep looking for a cure, but there are people suffering right now that need help from the emotional agony they are going through. A lot of people say that alzhiemers patients are fortunate because they don't know what's going on anyway, but that is not true. All alzheimer patients are not the same either. My grandmother recognized us til she died, and she cried every day, because of her suffering. I can't imagine not being able to leave the house or do anything for years, probably taking no pleasure in anything except for the moments when she was able to recognize a loved one, but then she would cry, because she couldn't think of how to talk.

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22. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 10:37 am PST

well have you guys realized that they failed to mention that marijuana is been found to decrease the possibility of alzheimers. yeah its true and research will support that, they kind of go into the subject but pretty much shy away from the possibility.

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23. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 10:39 am PST

well have you guys realized that they failed to mention that marijuana is been found to decrease the possibility of alzheimers. yeah its true and research will support that, they kind of go into the subject but pretty much shy away from the possibility.

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24. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 10:54 am PST

the rate of alzheimer diagnosis is growing each year, because now every older person with memory deficit is diagnosed as alzheimers, and they are put on unproven medications that have bad side effects. Before you beleive your family member has a disease/syndrome that can only be diagnosed correctly AFTER death, (and then by an autopsy - and then also, cannot be distinguished from other plaque forming diseases such as CMD, CJD, etc.) be sure to have them examined for depression (main reason for age-related "dementia" diagnoses,malnutrition (the second greatest cause for dementia), and stroke-related deficits. Since alzheimer's has become a money-making industry, many doctors do not bother to keep up with research, instead following popular media trends (and expected results for the family), and call all age-related dementias, "alzheimers." It is not so, and accepting such a diagnosis will prevent your loved one from getting effective treatment. This is not to say there is no alzheimers, just that it is not close to being as prevalent as media tells us.

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25. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 11:22 am PST

Has anyone wondered why India doesn't have Alzhemier at all? Zilch,. ZERO.It is a country of 1 billion people,70% don't have access to proper sanitation and hygenic facilities (sort of SubSahran Africa)and still there is no Alzhemier. Answer is in Spices.Never eat raw vegetables.No Indian cooking is done without turmeric and cumin seeds.

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26. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 11:36 am PST

It is not true that India does not have Alzheimer's - however, there have been studies showing that the spice cumin has protective effects- refer to Dr. Cole at UCLA who has led such studies. Another possible factor is transfats, Alzheimer's has accelerated since these were created in the 1940s for MREs. The initial advocate of the Mediterranean diet was squarely against trans fats. In particular, people with the APOEe4 genetic marker not only get Alzheimer's more frequently, there appears to be a relation to diet - this part of humanity was inured against scarcity and famine through the action of this gene, but some believe it's a poor fit to the modern diet of plenty. Healthy blood flow to the brain is one of the best actions, along with the right kind of mental exercises. There have been studies showing that exercise boosts cognitive scores as an effect of blood flow. This also benefits the heart and the rest of the body - brain.com

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27. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 11:48 am PST

Like HarryFla my Grandfather died at 89 from Alzhiemers, he was active, ate much more healthier than myself. I beleive that perhaps there are other major factors than just eating the right foods exercising and keeping your mind alert.

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28. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 12:02 pm PST

As far as physica exercise is concerned, my elderly Mother suffers from Alzheimers disease. At the time of her diagnosis, she was 87 and was extremely active in walking and housekeeping. Now at the age of 90, she is entirely dependent upon me for her care. I have found that a diet rich in curry powder seems to be showing signs of improvement, erer so minimal. I ad it to her soups and vegetable dishes and after 1 month, things are looking up.

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29. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 1:09 pm PST

My grandmother was 100% italian, ate a mediterranian diet, they grew their own vegetables, fruits, and live stock. She was in the craft club, garden club, played cards, bowled on three leagues, owned her own beauty salon for over 20 years,traveled regularly: and died of alzheimers. the only difference is she was a hot riviter for Alcoa aluminum in WWII. there's a lot of people in new castle PA that has alzheimers may be we should ask Alcoa or the steel industry what they were dumping into the water.

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30. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 1:45 pm PST

All of the women in my dad's family got alzheimers. He and my mom moved in with his family, and my mom also got alzheimer's. My mom was the only sibling out of 9 that did. So, this show us that it was something in their lifestyle. We truly believe it was sugar and white flour as they ate it in great amounts daily.

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