High Doses Of Vitamin E May Extend Life For Alzheimer’s Sufferers

Published on: April 16th, 2008
Article by: Anthony Wilson

Vitamin E pillsA new study, presented at the annual Academy of Neurology meeting in Chicago this month suggests that Vitamin E, particularly when combined with a cholinesterase inhibitor, extends the lifetimes of Alzheimer’s sufferers by a significant amount.

The researchers analyzed the survival rates of 847 people who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.The majority of the patients in the study were women and the average age of participants was 74 years.

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Average Survival Rate Under Five Years After Dementia Diagnosis

Published on: January 24th, 2008
Article by: Anthony Wilson
Filed under: Dementia, Survival Rates

Web MD reports that newly diagnosed dementia sufferers survive for an average of just four and a half years after diagnosis.

The article discusses the results of a University of Cambridge study, published in the journal Lancet, that followed 13,000 men and women aged over 65.

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