by functional | Oct 20, 2017 | Alzheimer's Disease, Women's Health
Hormones and Alzheimer’s Disease As I’ve mentioned, in women’s brains, particularly those that are affected by Alzheimer’s disease and who are carriers of this APOE4 gene, there are noticeable differences in the structure and function of the...
by functional | Oct 20, 2017 | Alzheimer's Disease, Women's Health
APOE4 Gene Alzheimer’s Disease Testing For Women In terms of this APOE4 gene and women’s risk of Alzheimer’s disease, it’s very interesting to note that human beings have what are called sexually dimorphic brains. What does that mean? That...
by functional | Oct 20, 2017 | Alzheimer's Disease, Women's Health
Hi, I’m Dr. Ken Sharlin with Sharlin Health & Neurology. We’re going to talk a little bit today about the remarkable differences in Alzheimer’s disease when it comes to looking at the risk for women compared to men. Now, there are about 46.8...
by functional | Jun 23, 2017 | Functional Medicine, Woman's Guide To The Brain, Women's Health
In 1817, the English doctor, James Parkinson, described what has become known as Parkinson’s disease in a report of six cases he titled, “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy.” To this day our understanding of the disease continues to evolve. When I learned neurology in the...
by functional | Apr 17, 2017 | Functional Medicine, Woman's Guide To The Brain, Women's Health
Adrenal Fatigue Explained: This is Karen’s Story Karen was the third person to see me in the past couple of weeks with nearly the same medical history. She is a registered nurse who worked until the birth of her now 15-month-old child. Her symptoms started...
by functional | Feb 17, 2017 | Alzheimer's Disease, Woman's Guide To The Brain, Women's Health
Explained by Neurologist Dr. Ken Sharlin My grandmother, Frances, lived to be 95 years old. She remained a sharp-minded woman through most of her life, until the last couple of years before her death. Whether she had Alzheimer’s disease is a mystery. She did have...
