A discussion of ambiguous loss.
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Seniors Who Eat More Meat Are Less Likely to Develop Dementia Study Find
As a medical school professor, I teach about APOE4 -- the gene that makes you 2.5x more likely to develop Alzheimer's. We've told patients there's nothing they can do about it.
A new JAMA Network Open study of 2,157 adults just proved us wrong.
Higher meat consumption completely abolished the APOE4 dementia risk.
The data:
-> APOE4 carriers with highest meat intake: 55% lower dementia risk
-> Their typ... https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2846712
#APOE4 #Alzheimers #MetabolicHealth #Nutrition #HealthLongevity
As a medical school professor, I spent years teaching that Alzheimer's is an amyloid disease. A comprehensive new review in the Journal of Clinical Medicine confirms what I now believe: Alzheimer's is a metabolic disease.
Key findings from the evidence synthesis:
-> Glucose hypometabolism appears BEFORE amyloid plaques form
-> Insulin resistance accelerates cognitive decline and tau pathol... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12986246/
#Alzheimers #MetabolicHealth #InsulinResistance #BrainHealth #HealthLongevity
43-year-long Study Found Coffee Was Associated with 18% Lower Risk of Dementia
This brief highlights a mechanistic insight into neurodegeneration by identifying a toxic protein partnership linked to neuronal loss and memory decline. For counselors, social workers, and other mental health professionals, understanding such biological underpinnings can inform perspectives on disease progression, caregiver stress, and early signs of cognitive deterioration, thereby enriching interprofessional conversations and client education.
Article Title: Scientists discover Alzheimer’s hidden “death switch” in the brain
Link to Science Daily Mind-Brain News: https://www dot sciencedaily dot com/releases/2026/03/260323005526 dot htm
#alzheimers #neuroscience #cognitivehealth #caregivereducation #neurodegeneration
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