News -01-12-07 Research: Folic Acid May Prevent Alzheimer's (US News) "Here's another plug for broccoli and leafy green vegetables: The folic acid they contain may help reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease." 01-07 -07-28-08 Statins May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer's Disease (Newsweek) "A study appearing Monday in the journal Neurology found that statins dramatically reduced the risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease among a group of subjects 60 years and older. 'It suggests that if you took statins before dementia set in, you might be 50% less likely to develop the condition,' says Mary Haan, an epidemiology professor at the University of Michigan and the study's lead author. 'That's a really big effect.' " 07-08 -09-06-09 Twenty Percent Fewer May Get Alzheimer's (MSNBC News) "Scientists have found three new major genetic links to Alzheimer's, affecting up to 20 percent of people with the brain-wasting disease, and said on Sunday it was the most significant such discovery in 15 years." 09-09 -09-06-09 Unhealthy Habits Mar Thinking and Memory Skils (MSNBC News) "Previous research has linked declining thinking and memory skills with unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, abstaining completely from alcohol, not getting enough physical activity, and not eating enough fruits and vegetables daily." "Over a 17-year period, adult men and women who accumulated the most versus the least number of unhealthy behaviors were nearly three times more likely to show poor thinking skills, and about two times more likely to have declining memory, Sabia and colleagues report in the American Journal of Epidemiology." 09-09 -12-11-05 Compound in Some Foods Attack Alzheimer's Agent (Scientific American) " 'Resveratrol is a natural polyphenol occurring in abundance in several plants, including grapes, berries and peanuts,' says author Philippe Marambaud of the Litwin-Zucker Research Center for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders in Manhasset, N.Y. 'The polyphenol is found in high concentrations in red wines.' " "The scientists found that 40 micromoles (a measure of the amount of resveratrol in a liter of solution) cut levels of the Alzheimer's-associated molecules--amyloid-beta peptides--by more than half." 9-03 Papers How to Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease (U.S. News) "We all want to dodge the Alzheimer's bullet. And lucky us, Mother Nature has counterbalanced the power of our hard-wired genes by allowing multiple lifestyle choices to greatly influence our aging. Read: Your destiny is not fated; you do have some control." 09-09 Regular Exercise Can Reduce Risk of Dementia (MSNBC News) "Older people who exercise three or more times a week are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia, according to a study that adds to the evidence that staying active can help keep the mind sharp." "Researchers found that healthy people who reported exercising regularly had a 30 to 40 percent lower risk of dementia."

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