Cycle of Health
Medical Student Minute | Alzheimer's
Special | 1m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Shervin Razavi explains how sleep plays a role in reducing Alzheimer’s risk.
On the next “Medical Student Minute”, Shervin Razavi explains how sleep plays a role in reducing Alzheimer’s risk.
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Cycle of Health is a local public television program presented by WCNY
Cycle of Health
Medical Student Minute | Alzheimer's
Special | 1m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
On the next “Medical Student Minute”, Shervin Razavi explains how sleep plays a role in reducing Alzheimer’s risk.
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Hi.
I'm sure being Razavi and MD, PhD student at UBC's Norton College of Medicine her with my medical student minute Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia, affecting mor than 6 million people in the US.
It is progressive and fatal, with folks losing cognitive abilitie gradually over years to decades.
Alzheimer's is heavil associated with amyloid plaques.
Amyloid is a name for abnorma protein clusters in the brain.
There is debate o if amyloid causes Alzheimer's, but it's the fact that it is a highly observed chang seen in brains with Alzheimer's.
I like to think of amyloid plaques as black holes in the brain that destroy nearby neural connections.
Interestingly, sleep clears amyloid from the brain, which could protect us from Alzheimer's.
As we all know, though, correlation does not always mean causation.
We also know that enough sleep is good for overall mental and physical health, helping with mood, cardiovascula health, and weight management.
So catch those Z's.
I'm sure been.
And this is my medical student minute.
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