I just started a thread over at Rosetta@home on Alzheimer's
research:
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/forum_thread.php?id=4808
Robert Miles

My wife's parents both got Alzheimer's in the late stages of their lives so
she knows she's a possible candidate too, and she's naturally terrified by
the prospect.  She's 68 and has a few memory lapses now and then but we all
do, so I'm not convinced we should expect the worst.  ...

http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/27686/Proteins_anchor_memories_in_our_b
rain.html
Proteins anchor memories in our brain
November 22, 2006
A University of Utah study suggests that memories are held in our brains

Original Research
Correlation of iron in the hippocampus with MMSE in patients with
Alzheimer's disease
J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2009;29:793-798.

What in the heck is happening to our group?barb

Sooo .. there isn't as much loonacy in the theory of nicotine standing
in for nicotinamide as these 'nutritionists' tell you.
People in families predisposed to alzheimers' don't 'get' alzheimers
if they smoke .. those in the family who DON'T smoke .. DO .. get

Sorry it's been a while since I have made a post.  But I have been
busy with school, work, and helping caring for my family and
grandmother.
Today my grandmother had a bad day, usually she cycles between good

Greetings.  It's been quite a while since I've asked for your help.  My
father has been fairly stable now for the past two+ years and we've kind of
coasted along feeling pretty good.  Now he's taking a turn for the worse and
also losing some of his coordination and balance.  ...

People in Asia have been eating fermented foods for more than 1,000
years. One vegan fermented food, renowned in Asia for its ability to
protect against heart attacks, was recently shown to have a powerful
ability in lab experiments to prevent formation of the clumps of

New Piece In Alzheimer's Puzzle Discovered By Yale Researchers
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/140419.php

A component of some dietary fats related to Alzheimer's:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachidonic_acid
Sorry, I haven't found anything yet on just how it is
related - only that it is.

Light 'could detect Parkinson's'
The technique allows researchers to map iron levels in individual
brain cells
A light as bright as a million-watt bulb could help identify early

A new idea of what causes Alzheimer's:
http://www.physorg.com/news154285265.html

Does anyone have experience of this?
Following a stroke at the beginning of September 2006, my Mom has been
diagnosed with vascular dementia (possibly coupled with AD).
At present, she's in a residential care home. Because she was somewhat

Free iron, total F-isoprostanes and total F-neuroprostanes
in a model of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy:
neuroprotective effect of melatonin.
Signorini C, Ciccoli L, Leoncini S, Carloni S, Perrone S,