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"Action is eloquence."
- William Shakespeare
FACT OF THE DAY
Monday, August 30, 2010
Alcohol is made of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon, the same ingredients as water and diamonds.
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CRIME REPORT
A 30-year-old Washburn University student reported burglary, theft and criminal damage to property at a loss of $450 in the 200 block of Michigan Street on Aug. 25.
A 20-year-old student reported criminal damage to property at a loss of $1,000 in the 1600 block of Oxford Road on Aug. 24.
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MONDAY
August 30
TUESDAY
August 31
The Office of the Vice Provocat for Research and Graduate Studies will be hosting a conference, "Biosecurity: Our Regional and National Response," from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Mo.
The Dole Institute of Politics will be hosting a talk, "Neutral Ground: Congress Should Enact Cap and Trade Legislation," at 7:30 p.m. at the institute.
WEDNESDAY
September 1
FRIDAY
September 3
Student Union Activities will be hosting "Tunes at Noon" with musical guest Sam Billen from noon to 1 p.m. outside the Kansas Union.
The Department of English will be hosting a lecture, "From Mississippi (1964) to the Heath Anthology," at 7:30 p.m. in the Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union. Admission is free.
Student Union Activities will be sponsoring a bus ride to the Kansas City Crossroads District, departing at 5 p.m. from the Kansas Union. Interested students should pick up tickets from the SUA box office by Aug.27. Tickets are $2 with a KUID.
SATURDAY
September 4
■ Student Union Activities will be hosting the "Hawk Zone Student Taligate" outside Memorial Campanile for members of the Hawk Zone/ Jr. Williams Fund. Membership is $25.
THURSDAY September 2
Student Union Activities will be hosting "Tea at Three" from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. Tea and cookies are free.
SUNDAY September 5
There will be a carillon concert from 5 to 5:30 p.m. at Memorial Campanile.
RESEARCH
Study shows exercise slows Alzheimer's
BY ALLYSON SHAW ashaw@kansan.com
Exercise is healthy. It's good for your muscles, heart and mind. Researchers in the KU Alzheimer and Memory Program suggest that being physically fit could also hold back the advancement of Alzheimer's disease.
According to the Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's disease destroys brain cells, causing memory loss and problems with thinking and behavior. The disease gets worse over time, and it is fatal.
Program research assistant Robyn Honea of the University of Kansas Medical Center of Kansas City,
Kan., said when someone develops Alzheimer's disease, their brain shrinks in key areas, like the hip-campus, which is responsible for learning and short-term memory in the brain. A 2008 study by the Alzheimer Memory Program looked at individuals with Alzheimer's disease and their brain mass. Those who had higher cardiorespiratory fitness, which means that their bodies were more efficient at transporting oxygen to their muscles during prolonged exercise, show less shrinkage on the brain scan than those who had lower cardiorespiratory fitness.
Now researchers are eager to begin two six-month studies; one of people 65 and older with no memory loss.
and another with people 55 and older with Alzheimer's disease. The patients will undergo brain scans after exercising. This study will expand on the earlier research to see how exactly exercise affects the brain, and how it modifies the disease process. Jeff Burns, the director of the Alzheimer and Memory Program, said it would take nearly two years to sign up all the needed participants.
"Exercise may be a treatment, or it may just slow the process." Burns said. "There is certainly a connection between lifestyle factors and the brain."
Alzheimer's drugs just treat the symptoms of the disease. Burns said, but exercise actually affects the dis-
ease's rate of progression.
KU researchers have already tested animals to see the effects of exercising on the brain. As with the 2008 study, they found that animals with Alzheimer's disease and high levels of fitness had less shrinkage in the brain. Honea said exercise, particularly running and walking, causes new cell growth and new connections in the brain. Honea said the hippocampus is one of the only parts of the brain that can undergo new growth.
Leah Levy, a senior from Chicago,
watched a close family friend's grand-
mother suffer from Alzheimer's disease.
She watched the family mourn
for their grandmother because when
they went to see her, she didn't know who they were.
"it's like losing someone before they're gone," Levy said.
The study could have huge implications for the fastest growing age group in America, and for the families around them. According to the Alzheimer's Association, one in 10 people over the age of 65 are affected by Alzheimer's disease and nearly half of people over the age of 85 have Alzheimer's disease. It is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.
"What we're doing is feasible and it's exciting!" Honea said.
Edited by Tim Dwyer
CORRECTION
Last Thursday's article, "Arabic and Islamic Studies becomes a major," should have said "Arabic and Islamic studies is now a concentration in the African and African American Studies department." The Kansas regrets this error.
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