Parkinson’s Disease and How You Can Make a Difference
What is Parkinson’s Roughly one million people in the US alone are living with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). It is a neurodegenerative disorder that slo...
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Alzheimers Disease-and How to Minimize Your Risk
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive and irreversible brain disorder affecting about 5 million Americans according to the Centers for Disease and Control (...
Being Happy With Alzheimer’s
My grandmother had Alzheimer’s disease for as long as I remember being around her—we lived overseas so I really only saw her for two months out of the year (so ...
Clearance of Beta-Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer’s Disease: The Key to the Cure?
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a very debilitating disease that destroys memory and other proper cognitive functions. It can be really hard on families and friends...
Understanding the Fog of Alzheimer’s Disease
Understanding the Fog of Alzheimer’s Disease It is inevitable that we all grow old. There is nothing we can do to reverse the cruel effects of time. One o...
Zinc and the Immune System: The Secrets of Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a disease that affects about 1 in 68 children in the United States, according to an ADDM Network Survey from 2012. ASD include...
What Does Concussion Do to Our Neurons?
Concussions are difficult to spot and treat without an obvious injury to the brain. A brain scan will not show bleeding or large-scale damage. But concussions...
Parkinson’s – a Disease Divulged
Parkinson’s – A Disease Divulged You never expect it will happen to you. When it does, your whole world seems to start spinning in a different direc...
The Great Debate: Vaccines and Autism
Our topic of the week is Autism, which means I get to get on my favorite soapbox: vaccines and Autism. There is no link between childhood vaccines and the devel...
The Life and Times of Parkinson’s – the History of Disease
While there are many diseases out there that are new or are reemerging to reek havoc on human health, there are some that have been a part of the human experien...