A New Hope For Dementia Patients

Dementia (memory loss) patients are most vulnerable and  always need the help of others for their activities of daily life (ADL).  The situation is further worsened by lack of effective pharmacological interventions to stop the degeneration of brain cell permanently.  Moreover there is always the risk of  patients slipping into Alzheimer's Disease.

Experiments have been going on  non- pharmacological level too to treat this malady.   Recently  German Scientists through a randomized controlled study to ascertain the efficacy of a non-pharmacological  therapy known as MAKS has conducted it on experimental basis on patients suffering from dementia in 5 nursing homes for twelve months  period.

   MAKS is a training comprising  motor stimulation,ADL,Cognition and Spiritual.  The result has been satisfactory and they found marked improvement in patients.  The study team is to continue their research by including larger samples for a prolonged period to find out whether the improvement found in patients is sustainable for longer period than 12 months making the dementia patients independent even after discontinuing treatment.

When Does The Memory Decline Really Start?

People especially those who have crossed their middle age usually complain about loss of memory as the reason for their failures.  Degeneration of cells in brain owing to age growth is perhaps considered to be the main reason for this memory loss or what is  often called as dementia.  It was believed that this process starts after a person attains the age of 60 or above.  But now researchers have come with a new opinion that the process starts much earlier than that right from the age of 45.  According to French Researchers controlling Blood pressure, Obesity and Cholesterol, one can stall the process.
Dr Anne Corbett, of the Alzheimer’s Society has requested the research community to come forward with more and more research in this field. A reduction in cognitive ability of people by adopting modern day life is a problem which can be avoided by effort. 

What is the progress made in IVF techniques?

As more and more researches are being made in the field of IVF, new trends are emerging. The procedure of IVF is becoming more and more popular day by day with increase in numbers of sterile women owing to new life style.  Some of the problems associated with IVF have been premature delivery and low birth weight, multiple pregnancy and psychological problems on surrogate's children. Efforts are on going to solve these problems connected with this.  Of these  the former issue of lower weight and premature birth  can be  solved by adopting the freezing techniques of embryos rather than using fresh embryos says scientists.  This has been brought to notice from a study presented at British Fertility Society during its Annual Meeting.  There were suggestions to use frozen embryos rather than fresh ones from the year 2008.  Research in this line is still going on and we shall come to a final opinion about this soon.

How to avoid Mosquito menace?

A possible way to check mosquito menace is being explored.  Keep your feet clean before sleep which may reduce chances of  mosquito bites.  That is a tip given by scientists as chances for mosquito bites are more when feet are soiled with odor creating bacteria attracting mosquitoes. So while travelling to Malaria affected places, be careful to keep your feet clean and odorless before sleep. A research therefore goes on to explore ways to control mosquitoe menace by repelling  mosquitoes altering body odours with the help of microbs.  Research in this field is being pioneered by Dr Niels Verhulst, from Wageningen University in the Netherlands,

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Latest on IVF

Reports have come up indicating dramatic progress made in the field of IVF technologies.  First and foremost is a report that a team of Oxford University researchers says that in near future, that is within 18 months' time they shall be in a position to introduce new egg testing procedures cutting the expenditure to half.  IVF cost  is presently on the higher side in western countries and comparatively less in Asian countries like India especially.  Hence medical tourism to countries  with lower costs is definitely a good proposition to avail this benefit   But the new procedure  introducing simplified and error free tests to select good egg  is definitely another great achievement.  Another advantage is that it eliminates the trial and error methods done at present.  If interested,  you may read the media report.

Have You Listened to Shakira latest?

Shakira in  her latest debut at Madrid in  40 Principales Awards 2011 shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Re1S4QWQFY.  She has won the award for the most influential Latin artist and best foreign artist in the Spanish Language award.

Do You Face Problems Affecting Memory?

Do you face problems affecting memory?  Concentrate eating chicken and eggs says, Rhoda Au, Phd , Associated Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine.  After a research study conducted on 1400 persons for a prolonged period of 10 years, the team came to the conclusion that Choline,  a nutrient   largely available in eggs and chicken is helping to enhance memory,  .
  Choline is essential for body to remain healthy and its source is mainly fatty meat and eggs. Those who are affected with dementia may therefore start eating more chicken and egg, of course under advise from their dietitian.
 Another study   by Dr.Steven Zeisel based on data from NHANES 2003-2004 brought to notice that American people older men and women, childrenand pregnant women are found to be deficient in choline intake and has advised adequate intake as 425 mg for women and 550 mg for men per day. And in case of pregnant and breast feeding women the need for choline is greater since growing child needs more of it for development.