Teste de sangue para Alzheimer?

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42878721

Citando:
"One method is to look for a toxic protein - called amyloid beta - that builds up in the brain during the disease.

It can be detected with brain scans, but these are expensive and impractical.

'Major implications'

The new approach, a collaboration among universities in Japan and Australia, looks for fragments of amyloid that end up in the blood stream.

By assessing the ratios of types of amyloid fragment, the researchers could accurately predict levels of amyloid beta in the brain.

Significantly, the study shows it is possible to look in the blood to see what is happening in the brain."

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Medicamento parou evolução de Alzheimer por 18 meses

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/27/first-drug-to-halt-alzheimers-tested-by-scientists/
Citando:
"A pill taken twice a day has stalled deterioration of the brain in Alzheimer’s patients for the first time.
Scientists announced that the mental decline of participants in a final-stage trial had been halted for 18 months, raising hopes that an effective treatment for the drug, called LMTX, is close at hand.
Patients saw no weakening of their memory and reasoning skills over the year and a half they were taking the pills, and their ability to undertake everyday tasks remained the same."

Dieta MIND (prevenção Alzeimher)

Dieta MIND (IMAN em PT - Intervenção Mediterrânea de Atraso Neurodegenerativo):
- melhor regime alimentar para prevenção de doença de Alzheimer (de acordo com a U.S.News);
- combinação entre a dieta Mediterrânica e a dieta DASH (ADPH - Abordagens Dietéticas para Parar a Hipertensão) usadas com grande taxa de sucesso na redução do risco de tensão alta / ataques cardíacos e AVCs.
- Alimentos "inimigos" do cérebro: Carnes vermelhas, manteiga / margarinas, doces/bolachas/pastéis, queijos, fritos e fast food.

- Sobre a dieta MIND:

http://alzheimersnewstoday.com/2015/03/20/study-finds-evidence-that-the-mind-diet-may-protect-patients-from-developing-alzheimers-disease/

http://www.cbsnews.com/media/mind-diet-foods-avoid-alzheimers-boost-brain-health/

"The MIND diet has a maximum score of 15 and includes:

- 10 brain healthy food groups:
green leafy vegetables
other vegetables
nuts
berries
beans
whole grains
fish
poultry
olive oil
wine

- 5 unhealthy brain food groups:
red meats
butter and stick margarine
cheese
pastries and sweets
fried/fast food"

- Sobre a dieta DASH (melhor dieta globalmente de acordo com a U.S. News,  2015):
http://health.usnews.com/best-diet

Parar o Alzeimher?

Molécula que pára o desenvolvimento do Alzeimher:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11415776/Alzheimers-breakthrough-scientists-home-in-on-molecule-which-halts-development-of-disease.html

Conveniente dado que cada vez mais se sofre da doença (UK):

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/elder/11195059/New-figures-show-Britains-dementia-crisis.html

Estudo: Cerveja é bom!!!

Esta é a desculpa por que andávamos à espera.

Mais uma boa desculpa para termos a bela da "pança de cerveja" (ou não porque ao que parece tal é um mito)?

Dos benefícios (e mitos) da cerveja:

http://www.ptjornal.com/saude/2015/01/30/ha-um-composto-da-cerveja-que-evita-parkinson-e-alzheimer-garante-estudo.html

Digno de registo:
- 2 copos ao dia (homens, metade para as senhoras): 40cl (2 finos)
- OMS referirá que até 66cl (~2 latas) / d não tem efeitos prejudiciais
- xantohumol
- link para "pança mitológica" e para mais uns quantos estudos nos artigos relacionados