Higher levels of daily physical activity in the elderly were associated with a decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease in a new study.
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May 2, 2011 – Higher levels of cell chatter boost amyloid beta in the brain regions that Alzheimer’s hits first, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report.
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To the Editor: Based on a subpopulation of the Framingham cohort, Dr Lieb and colleagues 1 suggested that higher levels of leptin are associated with reduced incidence of dementia and Alzheimer disease (AD), correlated with positive associations between leptin levels and total brain and hippocampal volumes.
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People who have higher levels of an appetite-suppressing hormone produced by fat cells may be less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or dementia than others, U.S. researchers said Tuesday.
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