Re: Reversal Of Alzheimer's Symptoms Within Minutes

[Guest guest]

Truly amazing...

Daughter of Bill, 92

>

> Piper wanted to forward this article - instead here it is

> copied/pasted:

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> Reversal Of Alzheimer's Symptoms Within Minutes

>

> 10 Jan 2008

>

> An extraordinary new scientific study, which for the first time

> documents marked improvement in Alzheimer's disease within minutes

of

> administration of a therapeutic molecule, has just been published

in

> the Journal of Neuroinflammation.

>

> This new study highlights the importance of certain soluble

proteins,

> called cytokines, in Alzheimer's disease. The study focuses on one

of

> these cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF), a critical

> component of the brain's immune system. Normally, TNF finely

> regulates the transmission of neural impulses in the brain. The

> authors hypothesized that elevated levels of TNF in Alzheimer's

> disease interfere with this regulation. To reduce elevated TNF, the

> authors gave patients an injection of an anti-TNF therapeutic

called

> etanercept. Excess TNF-alpha has been documented in the

cerebrospinal

> fluid of patients with Alzheimer's.

>

> The new study documents a dramatic and unprecedented therapeutic

> effect in an Alzheimer's patient: improvement within minutes

> following delivery of perispinal etanercept, which is etanercept

> given by injection in the spine. Etanercept (trade name Enbrel)

binds

> and inactivates excess TNF. Etanercept is FDA approved to treat a

> number of immune-mediated disorders and is used off label in the

> study.

>

> The use of anti-TNF therapeutics as a new treatment choice for many

> diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and potentially even

> Alzheimer's, was recently chosen as one of the top 10 health

stories

> of 2007 by the Harvard Health Letter.

>

> Read More:

> http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=93508

>

[Guest guest]

, and Piper, Thank you both dear ones. I made a copy of it

and sent it to our Doctor. We see Don's doctor in a little over a

week, and I want to pick his brain about any studies he may know

about with LBD, and when we may see something wonderful. His office

is in our large Health Science Center that does research. This has

down right excited me.

Thanks again, with a lot of love for both of you,

Imogene

>

> Piper wanted to forward this article - instead here it is

> copied/pasted:

>

> Reversal Of Alzheimer's Symptoms Within Minutes

>

> 10 Jan 2008

>

> An extraordinary new scientific study, which for the first time

> documents marked improvement in Alzheimer's disease within minutes

of

> administration of a therapeutic molecule, has just been published

in

> the Journal of Neuroinflammation.

>

> This new study highlights the importance of certain soluble

proteins,

> called cytokines, in Alzheimer's disease. The study focuses on one

of

> these cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF), a critical

> component of the brain's immune system. Normally, TNF finely

> regulates the transmission of neural impulses in the brain. The

> authors hypothesized that elevated levels of TNF in Alzheimer's

> disease interfere with this regulation. To reduce elevated TNF, the

> authors gave patients an injection of an anti-TNF therapeutic

called

> etanercept. Excess TNF-alpha has been documented in the

cerebrospinal

> fluid of patients with Alzheimer's.

>

> The new study documents a dramatic and unprecedented therapeutic

> effect in an Alzheimer's patient: improvement within minutes

> following delivery of perispinal etanercept, which is etanercept

> given by injection in the spine. Etanercept (trade name Enbrel)

binds

> and inactivates excess TNF. Etanercept is FDA approved to treat a

> number of immune-mediated disorders and is used off label in the

> study.

>

> The use of anti-TNF therapeutics as a new treatment choice for many

> diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and potentially even

> Alzheimer's, was recently chosen as one of the top 10 health

stories

> of 2007 by the Harvard Health Letter.

>

> Read More:

> http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=93508

>

[Guest guest]

does this mean it could do the same or maybe help

LBD patients?

Jayn

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[Guest guest]

Jayn,

It might help a little, guess it is to early to tell.

Hugs,

Donna R

Caregave for Mom (after I brought her from WI to MI) for 3 years and 4th year in

a nh.

She was almost 89 when she died in '02. No dx other than mine.

Re: Reversal Of Alzheimer's Symptoms Within Minutes

does this mean it could do the same or maybe help

LBD patients?

Jayn

**************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.

http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489