Question:
HELP: alzheimer's disease at age 56

My healthy, active, former corporate manager brother has beendiagnosed with alzheimer's disease at age 56. After nearly 1 1/2 yearsof symptoms, the confirmation came through some new 3D scanningtechnology available at Hopkins, I believe.

He said the doctors were amazed at the progress of the disease for hisage. He says he is taking a 5th or 6th generation alzheimer's drug,CoQ10 and Vit. E. And he also applied for any new treatment trials.

I sent him a list of some relevant smart drug / herbs and spintrap/PBN information, plus the LEF protocol link.

Does anyone else know of some promising resources that they canmention here in this thread, so that I can send them to him?

I think his doctors may be a ittle open minded if there is enoughevidence for safety and effectiveness. My belief, of course, in thissituation, is try anything, and everything. i don't think he, or hisdoctors, would go along with that, of course.

Can anyone help???

Answer: I'd suggest high-dose B vitamins, soy lecithin, vitamin D, vitamin K, grapeseed extract (I prefer Activin from Beyond-a-Century), vitamin C, vitamin E(with lots of gamma tocopherol), magnesium (I prefer citrate), fish oil (Iprefer Jarrow Max DHA), n-acetylcysteine, acetyl-l-carnitine, l-arginine,and some melatonin before bed.

Researchers say a drug used to treat a form of mental illness may help peoplesuffering from Alzheimer's disease.

Experiments have shown that lithium blocks the production of certain enzymes inmice. Those same proteins form deposits in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.

The researchers suggest that lithium combined with certain nonsteroidalanti-inflammatory drugs could work to prevent Alzheimer's disease.

But the researchers stress that lithium has not been shown to work onAlzheimer's patients.

Lithium also has many side effects, including kidney damage. The problems aremost pronounced in the elderly, who also face the greatest risk of Alzheimer'sdisease.

"Although widely used to treat bipolar disorder, lithium's propensity to causeside effects may limit its use in older people, who are more susceptible toAlzheimer's disease," said Dr. Peter Klein, lead researcher from University ofPennsylvania School of Medicine.

The disease affects about 12 million people worldwide.

Details of the mouse experiments appear in Thursday's issue of the journalNature.