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) The 7 Best Supplements for Men's Health
New research is also showing that vitamin E may play a role in reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease.3. Lycopene: An antioxidant found in tomatoes, carrots, and other colorful vegetables, lycopene is believed to keep cancerous tumors from forming in the prostate and shrink existing tumors.
4. Zinc: Because the prostate uses so much of zinc, supplementation with the mineral in capsule form may make up for any dietary deficiencies.
5. Saw palmetto: Extracted from the berries of the saw palmetto plant, this herb lowers estrogen levels and decreases the size of an enlarged prostate.
6. Vitamin C: Also known as ascorbic acid, this vitamin is an essential part of collagen, a protein needed for optimal cell and tissue growth, healing from skin wounds and bone repair, and the formation of blood vessels. More>>
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) Yucaipa center hosts fundraiser for Alzheimer's research
The walk will raise money for the Alzheimer's Association's research work.The event will be the finale for a week of activities based around the theme "Traditions of the Heart."
"The theme celebrates memory and memories will be celebrated each day that week, such as a game day, barbecue day, a praise day and a 1940s music day," said Pam Clarke, who is in charge of community relations for Wildwood Canyon Villa.
The Saturday event will include face painting, game booths, prizes, entertainment and food. The parking lot walk-a-thon will conclude the day, starting at 3 p.m. as friends, co-workers and family members who have collected pledges will walk the parking lot to earn the promised money.
Lori Valdepena, activity director for Wildwood Canyon Villa, said the facility has about 25 residents with memory loss and 52 residents in assisted living. More>>
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) 17th Annual Alzheimer's Walk At The Zoo
Saturday the 17th Annual Alzheimer's walk at the Zoo. Families and their kids got to enjoy the animal exhibits as well a cake walk and face painting.Organizers hope the walk will help out participants and the programs on two fronts.
Development Director Janet Nelson says, "The purpose for the walk does two things. It raises awareness of a devastating disease and how it impacts our fellow Arkansans, but it also help to raise the proceeds, the money that we need to help the programs and services that our brothers and sisters Arkansans need."
All of the donations go to help the Alzheimer's Arkansas programs and services who help the more than 100,000 Arkansans affected with the disease and other dementias.
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) Robinson's funeral Mass on Thursday
Robinson, who had been ailing with Alzheimer's and diabetes for several years, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her family's home at Ellerslie Park, Maraval, last Thursday. She was 79 years old.A statement issued from the Government Information Services Ltd yesterday said that the funeral service will be held on September 17 while an "interment will take place in Tobago at a later date to be announced".
According to the statement, the "family has requested that no flowers be taken to the church and has indicated that donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association and Kids in Need of Direction (KIND)."
The Government has indicated that it will assist with funeral arrangements for Robinson and Foreign Affairs Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon has been appointed by Prime Minister Patrick Manning to liaise with the family. More>>
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) UJI's current research study on early detection of Alzheimer's
The Universitat Jaume I (UJI) of Castelló is working on the early detection of Alzheimer's Disease by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniques. The study is being carried out within the framework of a national project called MIND, which approaches Alzheimer's disease from a multidisciplinary perspective and involves twelve biomedicine companies and the corresponding public research organisations associated with them. The project is part of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation's CENIT programme, has a budget of 27 million euros and lasts four years.The UJI participates in this project as an organisation associated with Eresa, the company that came up with MIND, with which it has worked since 2000 in the research field using functional resonance. The MIND project took its first steps in 2008, and the UJI research group has already presented "a proposal of functional resonance protocol that establishes what technical details must be followed to better study memory in Alzheimer patients", as put by UJI professor Vicente Belloch. More>>