Your question prompted me to consider why I thought this article was relevant to APOE4 carriers. It is apparent that "dementia" is what we all fear and what we are all desperately trying to prevent. It is my understanding that APOE4 is a risk factor for "Alzheimer's Disease" (whi...

This article is Science Daily is consistent with many observations made here. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160321091015.htm I found this most interesting: The researchers found signs of Alzheimer's in about half the brains. But only in about half of those cases was it the main lesio...

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I have thought about taking LDN as a so called "tweak." I may be more "adventurous" than most people with regard to self-hacking. But, I have done a ton of research on LDN and it is really cutting edge stuff. I have been wanting to bring up the topic of LDN in the context of micr...

I think the list of substances that up regulate NeuroD6 is interesting. Haloperidol - antipsychotic? and tretinoin - Retin A for wrinkles!? yay! I have never heard of most of those substances on the list.

I will share because I need an interpretation. My results are from 23andMe and the letters are different. Would someone mind interpreting?

rs1917011 AC
rs2159766 AC
rs12701070 AG
rs6972352 CC

It looks more and more like prevention is our best hope under the current state of medicine. It looks like after so much damage is done, it cannot be undone (yet).

I have actually had the same question about the dividing line between MCI and Alz. I'm not sure there is a bright line. I began to notice short term memory problems in my Mom (3/4) about 10 years ago (she was 66). She has progressed slowly. Now at 76, her short term memory is pretty much non-existen...

Thanks JulieAnnie. I do Kirtan Kriya at times along with insight meditation. I love the practice.

Kim

Is tea from Japan really suspect? I guess I didn't realize that there was a problem- you don't hear much about the nuclear disaster these days. I have been buying DoMatcha brand for a while. I don't know if I trust anything at all coming out of China.