Red Wine May Help Prevent Alzheimer's

[Controlled Labs]

Red Wine May Help Prevent Alzheimer's

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20060927...E0BHNlYwN0bWE-

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking Cabernet Sauvignon may help prevent Alzheimer's disease, according to new animal research.


Reporting in the November issue of the FASEB Journal, researchers observed the effects of feeding the red wine to mice with Alzheimer's disease-type brain changes.


Compared to mice that received ethanol or water, the mice that were given Cabernet Sauvignon experienced significantly reduced Alzheimer's disease-type brain deterioration of memory function.


The researchers, from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, found Cabernet Sauvignon's benefits were due to its ability to prevent the generation of proteins that cause plaque build-up in the brain, which is the main characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.


"This study supports epidemiological evidence indicating that moderate wine consumption, within the range recommended by the FDA dietary guidelines of one drink per day for women and two for men, may help reduce the relative risk for AD clinical dementia," researchers Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti and Dr. Jun Wang said in a prepared statement.


The study findings will also be presented Oct 14-18 at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, in Atlanta.


More information


The National Institute on Aging has more about Alzheimer's disease.

[Sethva]

Let me know when budweiser does the same thing

[icetrauma]

Red Wine May Help Prevent Alzheimer's

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20060927...E0BHNlYwN0bWE-

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking Cabernet Sauvignon may help prevent Alzheimer's disease, according to new animal research.


Reporting in the November issue of the FASEB Journal, researchers observed the effects of feeding the red wine to mice with Alzheimer's disease-type brain changes.


Compared to mice that received ethanol or water, the mice that were given Cabernet Sauvignon experienced significantly reduced Alzheimer's disease-type brain deterioration of memory function.


The researchers, from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, found Cabernet Sauvignon's benefits were due to its ability to prevent the generation of proteins that cause plaque build-up in the brain, which is the main characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.


"This study supports epidemiological evidence indicating that moderate wine consumption, within the range recommended by the FDA dietary guidelines of one drink per day for women and two for men, may help reduce the relative risk for AD clinical dementia," researchers Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti and Dr. Jun Wang said in a prepared statement.


The study findings will also be presented Oct 14-18 at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, in Atlanta.


More information


The National Institute on Aging has more about Alzheimer's disease.

Not to mention it is good for the old ticker to.

[jiritt0]

Alzheimers disease is the irreversible loss of neurons mainly in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus.

No treatment can prevent alzheimers, Estrogen replacement (for women), antioxidants (ex. vitamin E), and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) do show some usefullness.

Main treatments are acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChE-I) or cholinesterase inhibitors (ChE-I)

Drugs that increase the amount of acetylcholine in the brain appear to improve memory function

severe cases are treated best with Memantine (2004)

these treatmentents however dont stop the onset, just delay it.


future outlook;

Alzhemed
- prevents and stops the formation and depositing of beta amvloid fibrils in the brain. also prevents the inflammatory response associated witht his amyloid buildup.
* Amyloid fibrils serve as a marker for Alzheimers

Ampalex
- modulator of glutaminergic AMPA-type receptors. in Schizophrenic patients, this drug was noted to improve both negative symptomatology and cognitive functioning. No clinical trials with Alzheimers yet (2005)

NS-2330
- increases the activity of dopaminergi, noradrenergic, and cholinergic neurons. No info is really available, yet it is currently being evaluated for its usefullness in treating Alzheimers (2005)