Vitamin D, curcumin may help clear amyloid plaques found in Alzheimer's disease
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 11:42
in Health & Medicine
UCLA scientists and colleagues from UC Riverside and the Human BioMolecular Research Institute have found that a form of vitamin D, together with a chemical found in turmeric spice called curcumin, may help stimulate the immune system to clear the brain of amyloid beta, which forms the plaques considered the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.