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Other purported memory potions include such nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDS) as Advil and Motrin, which in one study appeared to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease as much as 50% over a 15-year period. Lecithin, vitamin B12 and folic acid also generate buzz in the memory biz, but again there is little or no in-the-lab science to back up the claimed benefits. "There just aren't any good data that we know of," says Buckholtz...
High blood levels of homocysteine, an amino acid linked to heart disease, may also be a risk factor for Alzheimer's, according to preliminary research. To drive down your homocysteine levels, eat foods rich in folate and B12--such as leafy veggies and egg yolks--and, of course, don't smoke...
Erythropoietin is usually the drug of choice for bloodless medicine because of its stimulative effect on red-blood-cell production. Hormones and vitamin B12 are also prescribed to encourage cell production. Doctors may employ a hyperbaric chamber to flood patients' blood with higher concentrations of oxygen so that they can better withstand surgical procedures and low blood levels, while oximetry devices and other noninvasive monitoring equipment keep close watch over oxygen levels...
...knows for certain what causes some individuals and not others to overproduce homocysteine. But the evidence points to a shortage of vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and folic acid, all of which work to convert the amino acid into a molecular form the body can use. The answer for people concerned about cardiac health would seem to be for them to keep their intake of the protective vitamins high. The Harvard Health Letter has recommended increasing consumption of a range of foods--including leafy green vegetables, beans, peas, grains and certain meats and dairy foods--to keep homocysteine in check. Many...
Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Death RowPolitical Prisoner and Former Black Panther!Abolish the Racist Death Penalty! Partisan DefenseCommittee Black History Month Rorum. Speakersinclude Howard Zinn, Professor Emeritus, BostonUniversity; Diane Dujon, Massachusetts WelfareRights Union and Betty Johnson, communityactivist. Boston University, 725 CommonwealthAve., Room B12, College of Liberal Arts, Boston.Call 492-3928 for more information. $5 suggesteddonation goes to Jamal legal defense...