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Stress and Alzhiemers Stress and Alzheimer's Disease Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa M.D. is the president of the Alzheimer's Prevention Foundation, which is a non-profit
Submitted by HenryM on October 24, 2005
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Stress and Alzheimer's Disease
Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa M.D. is the president of the Alzheimer's Prevention Foundation, which is a non-profit organization studying the integrated medical approach to the prevention and reversal of memory loss. He has a very different approach to the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's Disease. He is a strong believer in meditation, diet, and exercise coupled with conventional treatments.
We all know some one with Alzheimer's Disease, whether it's a friend or family member. Its hard not to. Currently half of all nursing home residents suffer from Alzheimer's Disease. The number of Alzheimer's patients is predicted to surge from 4.5 million to 16 million. Current healthcare cost for the 4.5million patients is approximately $100 billion a year. The United States leads all countries in number of Alzheimer's patients. Why?
As we all know, stress is a killer. Literally. We have long know that stress leads to high blood pressure and heart attacks, but as we learn more about ourselves it has been discovered that stress also kills brain cells. That nasty little stress hormone called Cortisol that we hear so much about in diet commercials is not some made up term to sell diet pills. When a person is stressed their adrenal glands produce Cortisol to help them cope with the stressful situation and then the Cortisol is metabolized producing little negative side effects. However, in our lives we are chronically stress and the levels of Cortisol in our bodies are extremely high. It is these prolonged elevated levels that harm our bodies and minds. The stress induced production of Cortisol has shown that it can interfere with neurotransmitters, inhibit the utilization of glucose by cells of the hippocampus, and injure/kill neurons releasing free radicals to attack other cells. All this leads to memory loss and decreased function of the hippocampus. People who have chronic stress that leads to the...
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