This article discusses the alarmingly high possibility of Alzheimer’s disease in certain groups of people after a COVID-19 infection. Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disease that causes the brain to shrink and brain cells to die eventually. It is the most common cause of dementia, the gradual decline in memory, thinking, behavior, and social skills….
The proteins formed in the body have to be appropriately folded to be functional. If misfolded, they become prions, and they are not only defective but can also spread and accumulate to manifest as neurodegenerative diseases. A Lewy body is one type of prion. They are found in Lewy body dementia, the second most common…
In February 2022, Lancet published a paper that forecasted an almost three-fold increase in the number of people with dementia. From 57·4 million cases globally in 2019 to 152·8 million cases in 2050.[1] The Dementia Forecasting Collaborators authored the paper. They estimated that there were more women with dementia than men with dementia in 2019…
Chewing preserves learning ability and spatial memory to maintain brain health and prevent dementia There is a special relationship between chewing and brain functions. As people grow older, memory loss can happen. This is not only due to the passage of time but is related to the loss of teeth and subsequent chewing dysfunction. To…
This article is about how exercise stimulates the production of new brain cells, also known as neurogenesis. About 700 neurons are generated every day but that decrease as we age. Stress can hamper neurogenesis by the production of endogenous steroids. Lack of new brain cells can present as anxiety, depression, and later as neurodegenerative diseases…
