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Doctors may have found a treatment for Alzheimer’s
A recent study found that people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis were less likely to develop Alzheimer’s, because when the body fights against arthritis it releases a protein that was found to lessen the intensity of Alzheimer’s disease and even reverse the memory loss after treatment.
Scientists at the University of South Florida conducted a study that found that a protein called GM-CSF, the body’s immune system produces to fight rheumatoid arthritis, was able to attack and remove Alzheimer’s amyloid deposits in the brain, according to the experiments conducted on mice.
This protein (known as leukine), is commercially available and is known to stimulate scavenger cells in the body for patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and boosts the immune system. Its has been used for years on patients suffering from cancer with a defective immune system.
“This exciting research provides a possible answer to the question of why rheumatoid arthritis could reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s”, said Dr Susanne Sorensen, of the Alzheimer’s Society.
Memory Loss With Aging: What’s Normal, What’s Not — familydoctor.org
When you’re in your 20s, you begin to lose brain cells a few at a time. Your body also starts to make less of the chemicals your brain cells need to work. The older you are, the more these changes can affect your memory.
Aging may affect memory by changing the way the brain stores information and by making it harder to recall stored information.
Your short-term and remote memories aren’t usually affected by aging. But your recent memory may be affected. For example, you may forget names of people you’ve met today or where you set your keys. These are normal changes.
Memory loss: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Some causes of memory loss.
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