Health & Fitness
Stress Awareness Healthcare for Woman Preventing Alzheimers Disease
And keeping your body fit isn't your only concern — you've got to exercise your mind as well. Some studies have suggested that remaining mentally active throughout your life
One recent line of research suggests that frequent stress may even boost the risk for Alzheimer’s disease. A new study headed by scientists at the University of California at San Diego showed that repeated stress triggered brain changes in mice that were similar to the abnormal clumps of protein seen in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. The changes were most pronounced in the hippocampus. In humans, this part of the brain plays a key role in memory and is hard hit by Alzheimer’s disease.
Women are more likely than men are to develop the disease, in part because they live longer. Alzheimer's disease (AD) was first described in 1906 by German neurologist Alois Alzheimer. The disease causes irreversible changes in the nerve cells of certain vulnerable areas of the brain. It is characterized by nerve-cell loss, abnormal tangles within nerve cells and deficiencies of several chemicals, which are essential for the transmission of nerve messages. Basic information in a campaign about hope for a cure with Alzheimers, Dementia, Parkinson.
