Q: How much exercise do I need each week? 
Over four million people have Alzheimer’s. There wasn’t any way short of an autopsy to know conclusively where and how much of the beta-amyloid protein that short circuits the brains wiring was in the patient. Now a radioactive compound has been developed that can be injected into the veins of a patient. This compound travels and sticks to the plaques By using an imaging system similar to a CT scan which is called positron emission tomography the extent of the beta-amyloid proteins can be seen. This test performed on only nine patients and five controls holds promise that doctors may be able to be able to see a map showing the extent of the damage They can also use this brain map to assess if treatments are working.Because of support from the Jansen Research Foundation a seven minute battery of four tests have been developed to assess memory capabilities. Jansen’s is a pharmaceutical firm and they are developing a new Alzheimer’s drug called Galantamine. The purpose of the drug is to help doctors identify who would benefit from Alzheimer’s drugs.The object of these tests is that through early testing we will be able to assess the magnitude of the problem and be able someday to intervene before the brain cells and the memories they encode begin to die, and are lost forever.
One of the companies that makes a statin says in their television add “sometimes eating right and exercising is not enough to lower your cholesterol” Eating right and proper exercise will always be the corner stone to stave off many diseases but for many it is not enough. Many ground breaking studies show that these statins do bring very low levels to LDL, the “bad” cholesterol. arterial plaque will slightly diminish and inflammation can drop dramatically.
The lower inflammation levels accomplished by statins may be one of the most important reasons since inflammation in the body is a precursor to cancer, HIV (for which you should get an HIV test), multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s and a host of other diseases where inflammation plays a role.
A 45% lower risk of colon cancer was found in a study presented in June 2004 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
LDL levels were reduced by 20 points below the 100mg/d level recommended by the American Heart Association in a Cleveland Clinic Study in 2004.
In June of 2004, the American Diabetes Associate advised that the 16 million diabetics over 40 should consider statins even if they have normal cholesterol.
The various studies in the year have made this a drug of preference for patients. Persuasive evidence is now in after a full year of study in 2004 that statins are safer, more effective, and have more clinical applications than even aspirin.
