> Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Feline Alzheimer's found by study > > <<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/6212080.stm?lsf>>
So help your cat stay healthy, and recycle those water bottles! Recently read somewhere about increasing evidence for uncontrolled diabetes associated with increased risk for developing Alzheimer's; if anyone's interested, I'll try to find and post it. Something about an enzyme that breaks down beta-amyloid (or its precursor; protein associated with the plaques of A. dementia) but binds preferentially to insulin, so that increased insulin, as in the state of 'insulin resistance' or type-II diabetes, means that less beta-amyloid is destroyed, and therefore tangles in brain tissue. Debbi Cat Riddler Maru ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
