Alzheimer's treatment shows promise

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LEE COUNTY: There is a promising new treatment in the fight against Alzheimer's disease and the study is happening in Southwest Florida.

Next month, Betty and Ed Mills will celebrate their 61st wedding anniversary.

In all their years together no challenge is bigger than this one: Betty is living with Alzheimer's.

"It's a shock. You're not sick. You feel good," said Betty.

The signs of the disease are there.

"I can't remember what we did two days ago," said Betty.

For someone having lived with Alzheimer's for a decade, Betty is doing well.

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Grape seeds could ward off Alzheimer's and other dementias

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Australian scientists are suggesting that grape seeds may be a potential treatment in warding off Alzheimer's and other dementias
The scientists at Flinders University have found that adding grape seed extract to the diet prevented the formation of deposits of amyloid proteins in the brain.
The discovery was made by a team of medical scientists in the Department of Human Physiology, headed by Professor Xin-Fu Zhou, in trials with mice.
Professor Zhou says the over-production of amyloid-beta proteins, or the body's failure to degrade them, leads to the formation of clumps or snarls in the brain......read the whole story