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   UCLA STUDY: NON-DRUG TREATMENT MAY REVERSE MEMORY LOSS IN ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS    
      
   Reversing Alzheimer's effects with non-drug treatment?    
      
   Researchers at UCLA say they've developed a program that shows for the first   
   time memory loss being reversed in some patients.    
      
      
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   KABCBy Denise Dador    
   Saturday, October 04, 2014    
   LOS ANGELES -- Alzheimer's disease was officially recognized a hundred years   
   ago, but there's still no effective treatment for it. Now researchers at UCLA   
   say they've developed a program that shows for the first time memory loss   
   being reversed.    
      
   It's not a drug; it's not a procedure; it is a novel, comprehensive and   
   personal approach to treating memory loss associated with Alzheimer's. UCLA   
   researchers spell out exactly what can be done to reverse what the disease   
   does to the brain.    
      
   In the report provided by UCLA, Dr. Dale E. Bredesen explains how Alzheimer's   
   is a complex disease affected by sleep, diet, even exercise.    
      
   "These all -- and other things -- all contribute to this critical balance in   
   plasticity," said Bredesen.    
      
   Ten memory-loss patients, some with brain-scan-confirmed patterns of   
   Alzheimer's, participated in a small UCLA trial called MEND (Metabolic   
   Enhancement for NeuroDegeneration).    
      
   In the UCLA protocol, patients made dramatic lifestyle changes. They avoided   
   simple carbs, gluten and processed foods. They increased their fish intake,   
   took yoga and meditated. They were instructed to take melatonin, get adequate   
   sleep, incorporate    
   vitamin B-12, vitamin D-3 and fish oil.    
      
   Within six months, nine patients saw a noticeable improvement in memory. One   
   patient, who was in the late stages of Alzheimer's, did not show improvement.    
      
   UCLA researchers say the findings suggest at least early on, changing a   
   person's metabolic processes can bring back memory and cognitive function.    
      
   Six of the patients of the patients in the study who had to discontinue   
   working were all able to return to their jobs. Study authors say some patients   
   were followed up to two and a half years and the memory improvements remained.    
      
   Plans are underway to do larger studies on this therapeutic program.    
      
   For more information on the study: Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel   
   therapeutic program    
      
      
      
   http://6abc.com/health/reversing-alzheimers-effects-with-non-dru   
   -treatment/337057/   
      
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