Ginko no defense from dementia, sez study
source: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2008/11/19/2008-11-19_ginko_no_defense_from_deme...
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Forget to take your ginkgo biloba today?
Don't worry, the herb isn't likely to jog your memory any way, according to a study out Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Doctors found daily doses of ginkgo biloba, widely believed to slow memory loss and slash rates of Alzheimer's disease, didn't stop elderly patients from deteriorating.
"I think this is the last chapter in the ginkgo story," said Dr. Gary Kennedy, dementia expert and director of geriatric psychiatry at the Bronx's Montefiore Medical Center.
The study of 1,500 elderly showed that 246 patients who popped a placebo pill were diagnosed with dementia compared with 277 who took ginkgo twice daily.
Participants were age 75 or older, randomly selected and tracked between 2000 and 2008, said Dr. Steven DeKosky of the University of Pittsburgh, the lead author on the study.
"Based on the results of this trial," he said, "ginkgo biloba cannot be recommended for the purpose of preventing dementia."
Don't worry, the herb isn't likely to jog your memory any way, according to a study out Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Doctors found daily doses of ginkgo biloba, widely believed to slow memory loss and slash rates of Alzheimer's disease, didn't stop elderly patients from deteriorating.
"I think this is the last chapter in the ginkgo story," said Dr. Gary Kennedy, dementia expert and director of geriatric psychiatry at the Bronx's Montefiore Medical Center.
The study of 1,500 elderly showed that 246 patients who popped a placebo pill were diagnosed with dementia compared with 277 who took ginkgo twice daily.
Participants were age 75 or older, randomly selected and tracked between 2000 and 2008, said Dr. Steven DeKosky of the University of Pittsburgh, the lead author on the study.
"Based on the results of this trial," he said, "ginkgo biloba cannot be recommended for the purpose of preventing dementia."
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arcticspirit
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People have sworn by it for thousands of years...
I wonder if in the study did they monitored blood levels of the herb, and try various amounts so we know that people enough of an amount to actually make a difference?
Of course there is an additional X factor in that the experience is unique from one person to the next.(Should have grown up to be a scientist)
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arcticspirit
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diode
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we still don't really know how our memory works in itself, so how we can say what improves it makes me chuckle
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arcticspirit
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People have been taking this for years thinking that it makes them think clearer... so ironic.
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arcticspirit
