Environmental causes and prevention measures for Alzheimer's disease / / George J. Brewer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910583496403321
• Autore: Brewer George J.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Elsevier, , [2018]; �2018
• ISBN: 0-12-811163-1
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 140 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Gale eBooks
• Disciplina: 616.831
• Soggetti: Alzheimer's disease
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- A little background on dementia and Alzheimer's disease -- Interesting and important historical and demographic facts about the epidemic of Alzheimer's disease in developed countries pointing to the environmental intoxicants causing the epidemic -- Candidate environmental factors for the Alzheimer's epidemic part 1 -- Candidate environmental factors for the Alzheimer's epidemic part 2 -- Identification of copper-2 and copper in general, as major environmental intoxicantsin the Alzheimer's disease epidemic -- Background on copper, including why copper-2 is so specifically neurotoxic -- Inorganic copper, or copper-2, ingestion as major causal factor for the Alzheimer's disease epidemic -- Increased copper absorption resulting from dietary changes in developed countries as another causal factor in the Alzheimer's disease epidemic -- The copper hypothesis fits nicely with known risk factors and theories of Alzheimer's disease causaton -- Prevention measures action items -- Failures -- Treatment of Alzheimer's disease -- Summary and conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the increased incidence of the disease in developed countries, and provides new insights into environmental causation, primarily metals.