Ever since my mother developed angina at the young age of 42, and remembering that both her parents died from heart disease, Iⱱ`e been worried about my genes. Ι sure that counselling or treatment for depression will help because Ι not suffering from clinical depression, but a natural reaction reacti...

Ever since I discovered my apoe3/4 status, I feel as if therès a shadow hanging over me and I cañt get the fear of alzheimers out of my mind. think about it every day and I regret taking that genetic test and opening Pandoràs box.

Iv`e heard that faster reaction speeds are associated with good brain health. Is there any strong evidence to support this theory? Iv`e been wondering if taking up one of the martial arts would help protect against alzheimers. I know that fast reaction times helps prevent falls, which is another thi...

I`m wondering if there are any 4/4s out there who have actually managed to reach the age of 100 years and still remained cognitively healthy. If there are, it might give me some reassurance that DNA isn`t destiny.

I can relate to that! My mother`s side of the family had several members who dropped dead from heart disease early in life.My mother developed angina in her early 40`s, so I`m pretty sure she`s the one to blame for giving me my single copy of apoe4. So far I`m in reasonable health apart from develop...

It sounds like the so called second childhood of late life senility. I don`t look forward to being a child again because my past was miserable and I have no wish to re live it. This is another reason why I`m so terrified by my apoe4 status.

Considering all the trouble and ill health apoe4 causes, I wonder if it`s a mistake of nature because it doesn`t actually seem to haveany advantages whatsoever.

Why would anyone want such a test. I most definitely wouldn`t want to know if I was going to develop AD because there`s no cure.

Iv`e recently read that women who have given birth to male children have a lower risk of AD as a result of having male DNA left behind by the male fetus in the mother`s brain.Has anyone else seen articles of this sort. Another article I,ve seen claims that people with group o blood are less prone to...

I may have mentioned that in my 20`s and 30`s, I partied a lot with alcohol and some drugs. I was hooked on benzodiazapines for a few years. Now I wonder if because of all this I could have done irreperable damage to my brain and the lifestyle changes that I made in the 90`s may be too late.