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A controversial theory based on new research on Alzheimer’s is gaining ground in the scientific community. The research appears to indicate that the brain is not destroyed by sticky plaques, but by free-floating clumps of protein.
The ongoing study, done by the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, found that amyloid beta protein called oligomers are the main players in robbing the brain of memory.
And while scientists are excited with the breakthrough, the exact cause of these protein clumps remains unknown, and a cure is still far out of reach. This fact alone is enough for Lisa Wawrzonek, education director for Alzheimer’s Resource Agency in Alaska, to take some positive steps toward prevention.
“Research is not showing we can prevent Alzheimer’s, but with mental fitness, eating right, exercise (healthy living) we can reduce our risk or slow down the negative effects,” Wawrzonek explained. “Our main focus is to have people be aware, be proactive and don’t go through this alone. Asking for help does not equate weakness or not accepting responsibility.”
Wawrzonek said that, with normal aging, there is a span of time to recall memories that may get longer as we get older. Alzheimer’s is different.
The ongoing study, done by the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, found that amyloid beta protein called oligomers are the main players in robbing the brain of memory.
And while scientists are excited with the breakthrough, the exact cause of these protein clumps remains unknown, and a cure is still far out of reach. This fact alone is enough for Lisa Wawrzonek, education director for Alzheimer’s Resource Agency in Alaska, to take some positive steps toward prevention.
“Research is not showing we can prevent Alzheimer’s, but with mental fitness, eating right, exercise (healthy living) we can reduce our risk or slow down the negative effects,” Wawrzonek explained. “Our main focus is to have people be aware, be proactive and don’t go through this alone. Asking for help does not equate weakness or not accepting responsibility.”
Wawrzonek said that, with normal aging, there is a span of time to recall memories that may get longer as we get older. Alzheimer’s is different.
“We have to understand that, with Alzheimer’s, this is a neurological disorder,” she explained. “That memory is gone and isn’t retrievable. We come to realize that forgetting is actually a disease. The brain atrophies due to lack of use, and it tends to shrink and holes develop.” Read more: homertribune.com
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