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Alzheimer's help. (updates).(melatonin)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
A research study has concluded that melatonin may stave off Alzheimer's disease. The American Chemical Society journal Biochemistry reported Dec. 11, 2001 that melatonin--a natural hormone commonly used to treat jet lag--reverses the formation of a protein complex that is typical of Alzheimer's disease.
In the study, researchers successfully blocked the formation of the protein amyloid beta, which is toxic to nerve cells, with melatonin. Quoted in a report released by the Dietary Supplement Information Bureau after the study was published, Dr. Miguel Pappolla of the USA Medical Center and the University of South Alabama in Mobile was cautiously optimistic. "These exciting findings mandate much more research before we can convincingly state melatonin can halt or prevent Alzheimer's disease," Pappolla says. Statistics from a 1993 survey pro-vided by the ...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Harkness, Richard November 17, 1995 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition July 1, 2003 700+ words
...are tantalizing hints that melatonin might help some age-associated...effects. In particular, melatonin may hold promise for people with Alzheimer's disease, who often...EN's Bottom Line. Melatonin should not be taken lightly...
- Melatonin - The Newest Wonder Drug?
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition October 13, 1995 700+ words
...0000 A hormone called melatonin has attracted considerable...In his new book called Melatonin, Your Body's Natural...lateral sclerosis [sp], Alzheimer's have a free radical...component, and inasmuch as melatonin gets into the brain very...
