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   Alzheimer's Prevention & Treatment: Exercises & Puzzles Don't Prevent Amyloid   
   Buildup   
   By Staff Reporter / Jun 12, 2015 05:56 AM EDT   
   Tags : Alzheimer's Disease, Dr. Keith Johnson, Massachusetts Alzheimer's   
   Disease Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Dr. Sam Gandy, Mount Sinai   
   Hospital, New York City   
      
      
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   (Photo : David Ramos/Getty Images) Social worker Virginia Sanchez helps   
   elderly people during a memory activity at the Cuidem La Memoria elderly home   
   , which specializes in Alzheimer patients on August 2, 2012 in Barcelona,   
   Spain.   
   While it is commonly known through various research and studies that physical   
   activities and mind-challenging games stimulate brain activity,  a new study   
   shows that these may not be enough to stop the spread of amyloid deposits in   
   the brain.   
      
      
   Dr. Keith Johnson, the lead researcher for the study, concluded that this   
   buildup cannot be prevented by activities, reports Consumer Healthday. He is a   
   co-director of the Neuroimaging Core at the Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease   
   Research Center as well    
   as a professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston.   
      
   He has been quoted as saying, "While it was hoped that early, or current,   
   engagement in these sorts of activity would be protective against developing   
   Alzheimer's, our findings suggest that, while beneficial for overall mental   
   health, the activity does    
   not seem to prevent amyloid buildup." This was covered by a CBN News report.   
      
      
   Although it was found that reading and other intellectual activities may   
   generally increase the mental capacity of individuals, these are not markers   
   of the said disease. Only the beta-amyloid deposits seen on brain scans are   
   indicative of having this    
   condition. But Dr. Johnson also acknowledges that this is not a prolonged   
   study. According to him, it is still needed to follow these study subjects   
   over a period of time to further their conclusions.   
      
   Alzheimer's disease is a form of dementia that causes problems in memory,   
   intellect and behavior. Although it may gradually develop, it worsens over a   
   period of time and there is no known cure or prevention at the moment. Some   
   earlier symptoms may have    
   treatments but researches are still being done to find a long-term solution.   
   In the US, 1 in every 3 seniors die with Alzheimer's or another form of   
   dementia. It is also the sixth cause of death. An estimated 5.3 million   
   Americans have Alzheimer's    
   disease this year. They vary from all ages, quotes ALZ.org.   
      
   Yet despite the current study findings, Dr. Johnson says that the result   
   should not become the reason for people to stop with the physical and mental   
   activities. He wants to emphasize that these can greatly help in maintaining   
   good health, which can    
   greatly benefit the brain.   
      
   The director of the Center for Cognitive Health at Mount Sinai Hospital in New   
   York City, Dr. Sam Gandy, stated that mental function is far more crucial than   
   amyloid plaque in the brain.  "The mechanisms underlying the mental benefit of   
   physical and    
   mental activity may well have more to do with how the brain copes with   
   pathology [disease] and less about controlling how much pathology is present,"   
   quotes the doctor.   
      
      
   http://www.parentherald.com/articles/6938/20150612/alzheimers-pr   
   vention-treatment-exercises-puzzles-dont-prevent-amyloid-buildup.htm   
      
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