Four Alternative Treatments Noted by the Alzheimer’s Disease Fund

Michael S. Evers is the executive director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Fund (ADF), which strives to provide consumer education to promote Alzheimer’s awareness. Michael S. Evers oversaw the foundation in publishing a report on the relationship between disease prevention and natural therapeutics in October 2005. Titled “Potential Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease with Natural Therapeutics,” the report presented four non-dietary and non-substance alternatives to the possible treatments of the disease among its many other alternatives.

1. Art Therapy. Studies show that art-based therapies can reduce stress and anxiety in Alzheimer’s patients. Additionally, the multisensory stimulation provided by art therapy helps alleviate the effects of anxiety and depression in patients with milder forms of Alzheimer’s.

2. Exercise Therapy. The benefits of exercise for individuals with Alzheimer’s, dementia, and mild cognitive disorders include positive effects on neuronal viability and function as well as an increase in physical capabilities. This increase in physical capabilities, in turn, boosted the ability for individuals with dementia to assist caregivers with their care.

3. Music Therapy. One study involving Alzheimer’s patients and music therapy suggested that playing music during bath time led to a significant decrease in aggressive behavior. Other studies have shown additional benefits to music therapy, including an increase in cognitive measures and ability, improved autobiographical memory, and a rise in social interaction among patients.

4. Therapeutic Touch and Massage Therapy. Physical therapies involving therapeutic touch and massage are founded on the concept that the release of muscle tension relieves emotional stress and agitation as well. One study found that these forms of treatment also improved communication and helped with irregular sleep behaviors.

Recent research findings reinforce the sentiments within the ADF’s report. For instance, the release of the 2014 documentary Alive Inside, which advocates for the benefits of music therapy for Alzheimer’s patients, and like efforts, continue to highlight the potential of alternative treatments.

New Study Finds Potassium-rich Diet Can Reduce Stroke Risk in Women

Michael S. Evers currently serves as the executive director of Project Cure, a consumer advocacy organization that promotes access to integrative therapies for chronic disease treatment. In this role, Michael S. Evers also acts the editor of the organization’s bimonthly newsletter Natural HealthLine.

Natural HealthLine recently publicized a study that found eating a potassium-rich diet can reduce the risk of stroke in postmenopausal women. According to researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, the female participants who consumed the highest amount of potassium had a 16 percent smaller stroke risk than the women who ate the least potassium. The study also discovered that a potassium-rich diet yielded the best stroke-prevention in women who did not have high blood pressure.

To generate these findings, the researchers followed the dietary habits of 90,000 postmenopausal women for approximately 11 years. Previous research had revealed that potassium could lower blood pressure, but this is the first study to show that it can also reduce women’s stroke risk.

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Taking a break to walk in the park may be the most productive thing you could do today at work. Nature has near-instantaneous benefits for the brain, according to research from the University of Edinburgh. Instead of the constant, frustrating attention demanded by urban environments, nature holds our attention effortlessly. It allows our brains to recover from stress and restore concentration.

Taking a break to walk in the park may b

Taking a break to walk in the park may be the most productive thing you could do today at work. Nature has near-instantaneous benefits for the brain, according to research from the University of Edinburgh. Instead of the constant, frustrating attention demanded by urban environments, nature holds our attention effortlessly. It allows our brains to recover from stress and restore concentration. Share this post with friends and let us know where you like to go to refresh your mind in the comments.

So travel helps people live longer. I’d better start packing. . .

http://www.outtraveler.com/travel-tips/2013/12/12/video-travel-helps-people-live-longer-says-study

 

Why the new attack on dietary supplements?

Seems curious that some docs want us to quit taking multivitamins and leave our health decisions to them. As for me, I’m quite happy with my daily supplement, so I think I’ll keep taking it for now. How about you?

http://news.yahoo.com/vitamins-block-disease-disappointing-news-225453163–politics.html