CLICK HEREThe mechanism in anti-Alzheimer's disease drugs that inhibits the production of a destructive, inflammation-causing protein in the brain has been revealed by researchers at the Hebrew university of Jerusalem.

Their work, described in a recent issue of the American journal, Annals of Neurology, is likely to lead to the development of more efficient drugs than are currently in use for treating Alzheimer's Disease as well as other neurological conditions resulting from infections, autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, or brain inflammation resulting from trauma or stroke.

LINKAre you exercising your brain? Brain workouts are just as important for keeping your brain healthy as physical workouts are for your body, according to neurologist, psychiatrist, and memory therapist Gayatri Devi, M.D. In her new book...ayatri Devi, M.D. In her new book, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Alzheimer's Disease, the director of the New York Memory Services presents 28 mental fitness exercises, or "brain boosters," that may help maintain and improve language and memory in people with memory disorders, including (and especially) Alzheimer's disease. The exercises also help healthy people keep memory and brain function sharp as they age and may help prevent dementia-type diseases.

MSN Health & Fitness -CLICK FOR FULL ARTICLE: "There's good news and bad news for seniors in a new study: Their aerobic capacity declines steeply with age, but regular exercise can stave off and even reverse those declines.'In the senior years, if you do exercise regularly, such as participating in community-based programs, you can improve your aerobic capacity,' said Dr. Nieca Goldberg, chief of women's cardiac care at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. 'In some studies, the improvement was as much as 15 to 25 percent.'"

U of M News Service-LINK TO COMPLETE ARTICLE: he inequalities that mark American life maintain their hold through age and even death, a new study shows.

Wealthier elders are significantly less likely than poorer ones to suffer pain at the end of their lives, according to a University of Michigan study forthcoming in the August issue of the Journal of Palliative Medicine.

Specifically, men and women age 70 or older whose net worth was $70,000 or higher were 30 percent less likely than poorer people to have felt pain often during the year before they died. This difference persisted after the researchers controlled for age, gender, ethnicity, education and diagnosis.

LINK TO COMPLETE ARTICLEEighty-three percent of Medicare beneficiaries have at least one chronic condition, such as congestive heart failure, Alzheimer's disease or diabetes. Two-thirds of Medicare spending is incurred by the 9.5 million beneficiaries with five or more chronic conditions. These percentages suggest that the Medicare program needs to address chronic conditions rather than the acute