From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 10:41:37 MST
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/03/030317074148.htm
One for you pro-longevity fans
<<Researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center's Memory Disorders
Program have published the encouraging results of a preliminary study and are
leading a 40 center therapeutic trial to see whether three common vitamins --
folic acid, B12 and B6 -- can slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
In a pilot study, published in the March /April issue of the American Journal
of Geriatric Psychiatry the Georgetown researchers--led by Paul S. Aisen,
M.D., professor of neurology, and principal investigator of the ongoing
multi-center trial--found that high dose vitamins reduce levels of the amino
acid homocysteine in individuals with Alzheimer's disease. Previous studies
have linked homocysteine to Alzheimer's disease. Investigators at Columbia
University, University of Texas, Southwestern and University of California,
Davis also participated in the pilot study.
"Individuals with Alzheimer's disease have higher levels of homocysteine than
people of similar age who do not have the disease," said Dr. Aisen. "In our
vitamin pilot study we have demonstrated that we are able to reduce levels of
homocysteine using a vitamin regimen that is both safe and inexpensive. Now
we are conducting a therapeutic trial to determine whether use of the
vitamins folic acid, B12 and B6 to lower homocysteine level has a favorable
impact on the course of the disease." >>
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