Metformin and Impaired Thinking
By Diane Fennell
According to new research from Australia, the oral diabetes medicine metformin is linked to impaired brain function, but supplementation with vitamin B12 may reduce some of the cognitive effects. Metformin is the most widely used diabetes drug in the world, with over 61 million prescriptions for the medicine filled in the United States alone in 2012.
To evaluate the effects of the drug on cognitive impairment in people with diabetes, researchers recruited 1,354 people from various locations in Australia. The researchers included people with Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment, as well as tho...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - September 13, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Diane Fennell Source Type: blogs
Does Vitamin B Prevent Alzheimer's, and How Vitamin B Saved Us over $8,000
Yes, after reading about Vitamin B in 2007 I asked our doctor to give Dotty a monthly B12 shot. He agreed. Did it help? I believe it did. One thing for certain, it saved us over $8,000.
By Bob DeMarco
+Alzheimer's Reading Room
A couple of days ago a story with this headline appeared in The Telegraph - Vitamin B could stave off Alzheimers. It appears this has triggered off the usual media copy cat frenzy, the latest story in a long list of copy cat stories coming from MSN.
The bottom line here is simple and straightforward - it appears Vitamin B may protect against brain shrinkage. We actually wrote about...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - May 22, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Best of Our Blogs: February 22, 2013
As children, we work on growing into who we are. It’s difficult to hide our feelings, curb our hunger or disguise our weaknesses. When we are hungry, tired, or scared, we let out a cry in the hopes that our needs will get met. But as we get older, we learn what rejection feels like. Out of fear, we quietly curl up into ourselves. As a result, who we are gets buried under socially acceptable behavior.
It’s scary to release and express our unlovable parts. But if we allow ourselves the freedom to do so we invite love. The Book of Awakening author Mark Nepo beautifully depicts the journey of finding our true selve...
Source: World of Psychology - February 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura, M.A. Tags: Best of Our Blogs Acceptable Behavior Author Mark Awakening Author Baby Birds Depression Anxiety Depression Therapy Fear February 22 Feelings Fledgling Human Hands Hunger Journey Ladder Mainstream Society Mark Nepo Mindfu Source Type: blogs
