By Ralph Sanchez, L.Ac.,CNS,D.Hom.
German doctor Alois Alzheimer discovered the disease in 1906, when he examined a post-mortem patient who had died with an unknown mental illness. Dr. Alzheimer found unusual clumps of protein plaques in the patient’s brain. These plaques are made up of clustered proteins and are today noted as a clear sign of the disease with new brain scan (PET) and imaging (MRI) techniques being developed to help with early detection of the disease. Unfortunately scientists have long been debating whether these protein plaques cause the disease or are simply a by-product of it. As this debate continues, the elderly continue to develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD) at an alarming rate, while the speed at which research studies provide an answer feels like it is crawling in comparison. [click to continue…]
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