Alzheimer's Disease Foundation Malaysia (ADFM) has set up this resource and support platform for the caregivers community in the country to seek information, learn how to understand, cope and communicate with a person living with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.
Coconut oil is Alzheimer's most popular and most controversial non-drug treatment. See how it works. Learn about a new study on its effectiveness by Florida's Byrd Alzheimer's Institute. Dr. David Morgan is chief executive officer for the Byrd Alzheimer's Institute in Florida. He said about their new study on coconut oil for dementias such as Alzheimer's. "When a patient or a family member comes in with a patient, and they're interviewing with the physicians, they always have a question, 'I've heard about coconut oil. What's going on with that."
"And at least up until this time all we can say is there's anecdotal information, that it may be beneficial, but there hasn't been any kind of research study that's ever been done." Dr. Morgan knows that doctors "feel uncomfortable making a recommendation for something that they don't feel justified by the science behind it. And that's part of the reason we're going to do the study, is to determine, can we then provide that justification." (Source: Dementia weekly / Alzheimer's Weekly, 10 January 2013)
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