From medical at olympus.net Thu Oct 5 12:01:49 2006 From: medical at olympus.net (Douwe Rienstra) Date: Thu Oct 5 11:16:24 2006 Subject: [Medicine-for-people] Brain Health as We Age Part Eight - Phosphatidylserine Preserves Brain Function thru Membrane Support Message-ID: ========================================== Medicine for People! October 2006 ---------------------------------------- Contents Brain Health as We Age Part Eight - Phosphatidylserine Preserves Brain Function thru Membrane Support - Introduction and Review - Synapses - The place where intelligence lives - Nerve Signals Depend Upon Healthy Cell Membranes - PS and Brain Function - Three Stages of Age-Related Decline - PS for Depression and Chronic Stress - Taking Supplemental PS for Brain Health Not-for-profit Nutritional Dispensary ----------------------------------------- === A Note to Our Readers === This month Medicine for People presents the eighth in a series of articles entitled "Brain Health as We Age." We feel this issue is vital to long-term happiness and quality of life. We are temporarily changing our practice of emailing you the text of our article and instead we have posted it on our website. We did this because we wanted to include some excellent visual aids that would be cumbersome to send and download. To read this month's article, Phosphatidylserine Preserves Brain Function thru Membrane Support, please follow this link: http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Oct.html ========================================== === Recent issues of Medicine for People! === September 2006 Brain Health as We Age Part 7 - Homocysteine, Folic Acid and Vitamin B-12 http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Sep.html August, 2006 Health Care Finance Reform: Small Changes; Big Results http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Aug.html July, 2006 Brain Health as We Age Part 6 - Microinflammation and the Brain http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Jul.html June, 2006 Brain Health As We Age Part 5 - Inflamation, Nutritional Dispensary Now Not For Profit http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006June.html May, 2006 - Brain Health As We Age Part 4 - Circulate and Stay Sharp http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006May.html April 2006 - Brain Health As We Age Part 3 - The Little Engines That Could http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Apr.html March 2006 - Brain Health As We Age Part 2 - What Happens in the Aging Brain http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Mar.html February 2006 - Brain Health as We Age Part 1 - How the Brain works http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Feb.html ========================================== === Reader Alert === We publish this newsletter monthly. If you do not receive every issue, your spam filter may be intercepting it. Please add us to your email "accept list." ========================================== Medicine for People! is written by Douwe Rienstra MD, edited by Carolyn Latteier, and published at Port Townsend, Washington. Copyright October, 2006. Click here: http://lists.olympus.net/mailman/listinfo/medicine-for-people to subscribe. Click here: http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/archive.html for previous issues. Write Dr Rienstra here: MedicineForPeople@RienstraClinic.com. More information about the clinic: http://www.rienstraclinic.com/