Memory Loss Associated with Alzheimer’s Reversed for First Time

In a recent study published in the journal Aging, researchers from the UCLA Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, is the first to suggest that memory loss in patients may be reversed. During the small trial conducted, improvement was sustained using a complex 36-point therapeutic program that involves comprehensive changes in diet, brain stimulation, exercise, optimization of sleep, specific pharmaceuticals, vitamins and multiple additional steps that affect brain chemistry. Nine of the 10 patients who participated displayed subjective or objective improvement in their memories beginning within three to six months after the program’s start. Of the six patients who had to discontinue working or were struggling with their jobs at the time they joined the study, all were able to return to work or continue working with improved performance. The study’s lead author noted, “This is the first successful demonstration, but the results are anecdotal, and therefore a more extensive, controlled clinical trial is needed.” To read more about this study, click here.