Re: helmets / head trauma and AD

["Tina Rushing" <tinarushing@coastside.net>]

Oooh, I've seen that video.  If you can't call it compelling then you are
stronger than I am.  I have a Troxel Sport and I don't climb aboard without
it.  Took a spill last year  - my horse jumped over me in mid-fall.  Hooves
grazed my hip and my head.  Nasty bruise on hip.  Head okay; was grateful
for head protection.

There has been lot of press on Alzheimer's Disease lately, I thought this
was interesting:

From the January 31, 2000 Newsweek cover story on Alzheimer's Disease:
"...researchers have identified several non-genetic factors that may affect
people's odds [of getting AD]. Head injury is probably the best documented.
Researchers know from autopsy studies that head trauma can cause an acute
buildup of amyloid plaque... surveys suggest those sudden deposits can have
long-term consequences... In a five-year study involving 2,000 elderly New
Yorkers, Dr. Richard Mayeux of Columbia University found that those who'd
been knocked unconscious as adults developed Alzheimer's at three times the
rate of those who hadn't... (full story on-line at http://www.newsweek.com/)

Tina Rushing
El Granada, CA  (sometimes forget my helmet is on and I get in my CAR and
bump my head!)

-----Original Message-----
From: Merryben@aol.com <Merryben@aol.com>
To: Eenergonzillen@aol.com <Eenergonzillen@aol.com>; ridecamp@endurance.net
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Sunday, February 06, 2000 12:10 AM
Subject: RC: helmets


>There is a video out about 10 minutes long called "Every Ride, Every
Time... mb