Alzheimer’s Disease and Music: A Door to Past and New Memories

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | May 10, 2011

Music can soothe and trig­ger mem­o­ries. It is as such that music is most often used with Alzheimer’s patients. A new study sug­gests that music may also be used as a boost­er for learn­ing new things, an abil­i­ty very impaired in those with Alzheimer’s. Indi­vid­u­als with Alzheimer’s and matched con­trols were pre­sent­ed with unfa­mil­iar songs…

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Vitamin B against Alzheimer’s? Too early to tell.

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | November 9, 2010 |

An inter­est­ing and very well-doc­u­­men­t­ed arti­cle in the Los Ange­les Times reviews stud­ies look­ing at Vit­a­min B and its role in improv­ing mem­o­ry. The vit­a­mins — includ­ing folic acid and vit­a­mins B6 and B12 — are often tout­ed as a way to improve mem­o­ry and stave off cog­ni­tive decline. The claims are based on the…

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