Cases of Alzheimer patients are starting to show up in the U.S. with people in their forties and fifties! How can that be? Isn’t that for people in their 70’s or older? Recent studies done by Dr. Nima Kivipelto and his colleagues from the University of Kuopio in Finland suggest that the long-term effects of stress may be the biggest cause of Alzheimer’s. It is believed that the stress hormone, cortisol, kills off brain cells when it enters the brain. Kivipelto’s research found that patients with both high blood pressure and high cortisol levels were more than three times as likely to develop Alzheimer’s as patients without these symptoms. If you have either high cortisol levels or high blood pressure, your risk is twice as high. Researchers at the University of California- Irvine say that stress hormones can rapidly accelerate the formation of the brain lesions that cause Alzheimer’s. [Read more…] about Stress and Alzheimer’s Disease
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From My Heart- March, 2009
Greetings from LIFESTYLE CHOICES!
Save the Date: April 16th 6:30pm!
Rose Mary Istre, MA, will be presenting The Benefits and Practice of the Anti-inflammatory Diet. The location is our office, 17300 El Camino Real, Suite 107D and the charge is only $10. Call 832.741.0266 to register. Rose Mary has participated in research for auto-immune disorders and serves as a Texas Rep for the Myositis Association.
American Heart Association Video:
Super Bowl star becomes first male celebrity spokesperson for the AHA:
On Jan. 29, New York Giants wide receiver David Tyree, who made the “history-making” catch at the 2008 Super Bowl, joined other NFL players and American Heart Association President Dr. Timothy Gardner at a press conference in support of Go Red For Women. David’s mother died of heart disease last year [she was only 59!], and he is committed to helping [the AHA] raise awareness about heart disease in women. [Read more…] about From My Heart- March, 2009