Ten quick tests that strongly suggest an onset of Alzheimers:–

1. Memory loss that affects job skills
2. Difficulty performing familiar tasks
3. Problems with language
4. Disorientation to time and place
5. Poor or decreased judgment
6. Problems with abstract thinking
7. Misplacing things
8. Changes in mood or behavior
9. Changes in personality
10. Loss of initiative

Neil

                          

It has been dubbed ‘The Worlds Biggest Medical Experiment’.  Biobank, which is a UK based company, funded by the government, plans to carry out an experiment using 500,000 people as its sample.

The reason for the experiment: They aim to try and understand how our genes and the environment affect our health.  Amongst the diseases they want to understand better, is Cancer, Diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Heart disease.

This experiment will be carried out for at least 10 years and the target age group is 40 – 69 years.  Although this experiment has a fair amount of criticism being thrown at it, it will surly be a worth while cause if we can find out more about the interaction and complex links between the environment, our health and our genes?

I’m all for it, but then I am one of millions of people who have been affected by some of the diseases mentioned above.

For more information about this experiment or if you are interested in participating in the experiment, go to their website www.ukbiobank.ac.uk

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Doreen