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PET scans: healthy brain (top), Alzheimer's (bottom) - Red areas indicate tau deposits.

Poor sleep, increased brain proteins, plaques and the link to Alzheimer's

One single night of interrupted sleep increases brain proteins which are believed to cause Alzheimer's disease, researches reported in a study published in the journal Brain Monday. Sleep helps the body clear away these compounds, amyloid and tau, while interrupting sleep may lead to a compound build-up."When people had their slow-wave sleep disrupted, their amyloid levels increased by...[ Read More... ]

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Medical error 3rd leading cause of death in US

Medical errors 3rd leading cause of death in US, study says

New study published in the BMJ medical journals: researchers from John Hopkins University School of Medicine estimate deaths from medical errors in the US to be 251,454 each year - about 9.5 percent of all deaths annually in the United States. Data was taken from Medicare and 13 other hospitals. This makes medical errors the third leading cause of a non-violent death in the U.S., ahead of...[ Read More... ]

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Tagged medical errors | cause of death | john hopkins university | doctor error | medical error

Heartburn drugs: Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec

Heartburn Drugs might be linked to Dementia, study claims - Healthier options

On ABC news and other media there is talk about a new study published in the Journal of America Medical Association Neurology that claims that heartburn drugs are linked to dimentia. The study focused on proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) drugs such as Prevacid, Nexium, and Prilosec, that work by lowering the amount of acid produced by the stomach.German researchers examined the...[ Read More... ]

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