Tag: beta amyloid

6 Ways to Lower Your Dementia Risk

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s dementia. Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s disease are associated with the accumulation of abnormal proteins in the brain. Beta-amyloid and tau proteins in  Alzheimer’s dementia, alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease, and Lewy Body dementia disease can accumulate in the brain and later affect brain function because of their toxic functions. Alzheimer’s disease…

Sleeping on Your Side can Prevent Dementia

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

The brain produces toxins and abnormal proteins like beta-amyloid and tau protein during its activity. If these proteins are not cleared, they can create plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain that lead to neurodegenerative diseases like dementia. An NIH study showed one night of sleep deprivation increases the β amyloid burden in the right…