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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Curcumin, the yellow pigment in curry spice, may protect against Alzheimer's disease
The illustrious Dr. Amita Singh (Southern Illinois University Department of Neurology) alerted me to this article suggesting that a staple of the Indian diet may be the reason why Indians aged 70 to 79 are 4.4 times less likely to get Alzheimer's disease than are their American counterparts:
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Neuropathology Blog has run its course. It's been a fantastic experience authoring this blog over many years. The blog has been a source...
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Shannon Curran, MS with her dissection Shannon Curran, a graduate student in the Modern Human Anatomy Program at the University of Co...
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I can't stand the smell of curry.
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