July 17, 2008
By Ralph Sanchez, L.Ac.,CNS,D.Hom
Genetic risk factors to Late Onset Alzheimer’s Disease (LOAD) are significant. A recent study of nearly 12,000 Swedish twin pairs, age 65 and older, determined that 58% to 79% of Alzheimer’s risk is genetic (1). This study showed that in male identical twins, when one brother had Alzheimer’s disease, the other developed [...]
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June 8, 2008
By Ralph Sanchez, L.Ac., CNS, D.Hom.
The two hallmark lesions that are associated with the damage that occurs in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques (see pic 1). Processes involving inflammation, oxidative stress, * mitochondrial dysfunction, ** brain cholesterol dynamics (1) and others are tied into the formation of plaques and tangles. However, [...]
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