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- April, 2011
Greetings from LIFESTYLE CHOICES!
OLEANDER PARTY INVITATION!
My husband, Andy, and I wish to invite our friends to our home in San Leon, TX for our annual Oleander Party. We’ll be providing some great live music, a keg, soft drinks, 2 smoked hogs, and smoked oysters. You’ll need to bring lawn chairs, a side dish, and a smile, as well as whatever else you’d like to drink. If you have a pop up tent, bring that. They’re great for rain or shine and quite festive! Of course Andy and The Dreamsicles will be playing as well as 3-4 more bands so come prepared to have lots of fun!
When: Sunday, May 22, 2011—from 2pm ‘til Dark
Where: The Oleanders, 919 7th St., San Leon, TX
Directions: From Kemah, go South on Hwy 146 (7 miles). Turn Left on FM 646 (Bacliff). Turn Right on Bayshore (by the water). Turn Right on 7th St. The Oleanders is on the Left on the corner of 7th and Ave. I (same as Hwy 517). [Read more…] about From My Heart- April, 2011