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Alzheimer's Prevention and Diagnostic Tests

Posted on December 29, 2007

Roundup of several insightful articles and recent research:Fish Oil May Help Prevent Alzheimer's (Washington Post)- The omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil might play an important role in preventing Alzheimer's disease, according to a research team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). - Publishing in the Dec. 26 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, the scientists demonstrated that the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) increases the production of LR11, a protein that is found at reduced levels in Alzheimer's patients. LR11 is known to destroy the protein that f...

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