IRP -
Staying
Active as
You Age
The Institute for Retired
Professionals (IRP) of the Jewish
Community Center is an ideal place
for retired or semiretired people who
want to stay mentally and physically
active. The group offers weekly and
monthly study groups facilitated by
members and guest speakers. IRP
members are members of the JCC
and can use the gym.
"IRP is a wonderful way to stay
connected with others intellectually
and emotionally," says IRP President
Faye Menczer Ascher. "We constantly
learn from one another"
Florence LoPatin, 85, of Bloomfield
Township still works full time. She
is also an active IRP member and
attends cultural events such as the
symphony.
IRP member Marvin Sherman, 87,
of West Bloomfield, said, "My keys
to staying healthy are to maintain a
sensible diet, stay hydrated and have
a goal and plan for something to do
individuals, although it still plays a
role.
Prospective studies show that
Alzheimer's is less likely to appear
in people who suffer from chronic
inflammatory conditions such
as rheumatoid arthritis and are
treated with anti-inflammatory
drugs, suggesting a critical role for
brain inflammation in the disorder.
Alzheimer's also seems less likely to
occur — or to begin later — in peo-
ple who eat a Mediterranean diet, get
regular exercise, who have avoided
head trauma and who have intellec-
tual attainments such as success in
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every tomorrow. As people approach
a frightening old age, they find
their friends and family are dying
off, and they find it difficult to stay
connected. The key is to fill up your
emotional needs to make up for your
persistent losses because you can't
stop the losses"
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For information on the Institute of
Retired Professionals, call Sharon Levine
at (248) 4030. For a schedule of events,
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go to www.jccdet.org/55/irp.
education or employment.
Loeffler says the goal of
Beaumont's Alzheimer's research pro-
gram is to improve treatment. The
laboratory previously conducted
studies on an important inflamma-
tory pathway in the Alzheimer's brain
— complement activation. Recently,
it has studied antibodies of relevance
to Alzheimer's in intravenous immu-
noglobulin (IVIG) preparations,
which consist of plasma antibodies
from thousands of healthy individu-
als. Support from the Erb Family
Foundation has made these immuno-
globulin studies possible.
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Research from Israel
• Ladostigil, an Israeli-developed drug candidate to
treat mild cognitive impairment and slow the progress of
AD is undergoing advanced clinical studies.
• BNeuroAD is an electromagnetic stimulation system
that stimulates areas of the brain responsible for memory
and learning. Developed by Neuronic; patent pending.
• ElMindA is a brain network activation (BNA) technol-
ogy that was developed to improve diagnosis, treatment
and monitoring of AD and other brain disorders.
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