LOCAL Alzheimer's - Dementia ASSOCIATION OFFERS HELP FOR PATIENTS, SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES

 As Alzheimer's disease slowly erodes the personality of the woman who was his wife, Ed Klek refuses to consider a day when he might have to put his bride of 40 years in a nursing home.''How could I do it?" the 72-year-old Granada Hills resident asked, his words choking on a private anguish. "They say that's the worst thing you can do. Then they really go downhill; they really feel bad.

Alzheimer's is a devastating disorder of the brain's nerve cells that impairs memory, thinking, behavior and ultimately leads to death.The impact of Alzheimer's on individuals, families and our health care system makes the disease one of our nation's greatest medical, social and fiscal challenges. An estimated 6.5 Million Americans have Alzheimer's and the figure is estimated to touch 15 Million by 2020 as baby boomers age. Increasing age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's. One in 10 individuals over 60 and nearly half of those over 80 are affected. Inherited forms of Alzheimer's disease can strike individuals as early as their 30s and 40s.

The silver lining is that finding a treatment that could delay onset could reduce the number of individuals with Alzheimer's disease by nearly 50 percent. In this context certain herbal combination Shilajit and Withania Somnifera show surprising results on Alzheimer's patients. They have been found to boost memory and enhance cognition in Alzheimer's patients. Shilajit is a mineral pitch found in Himalayan mountains and Withania Somnifera also known as Indian ginseng is a herb found in India. Withania somnifera has proven memory boosting effects and is also known to boost stamina.

Scientists Schliebs R.; Liebmann A.; Bhattacharya S.K.; Kumar A.; Ghosal S.; Bigl V. and R. Schliebs at Paul Flechsig Institute Brain Res., Department of Neurochemistry, University of Leipzig Germany have conclusively shown the cognition enhancing power of Shilajit and Withania Somnifera. They have shown that Shilajit and the defined extract from Withania somnifera (Indian Ginseng) affect preferentially events in the cortical and basal forebrain cholinergic signal transduction cascade. This partly explains the cognition-enhancing and memory-improving effects of extracts from Withania somnifera & Shilajit observed in animals and humans.

Shilajit and Withania somnifera could emerge as the wonder herbs in the treatment and management of Alzheimer's disease.

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 DEBATE IS GROWING IN RACE TO END ALZHEIMER'S, STEM-CELL RESEARCH JUST ONE OF SEVERAL APPROACHES, EXPERTS SAY. http://www.rudramani.com/alzheimers.html

Andrea Walton www.alzheimer-dementia.com/

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