School Is Out!
Transitioning from hectic school sessions to laid-back summer siestas takes time… and should be complete by early fall, p. 28
Fig Is Big Off Yanonali
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company’s new tasting room is all wood and metal walls, cowboy stuff and some great tasting brew, p. 8
Westside Watering Hole Everyone knows it’s always sunny on the Westside; Bo Henry’s Cocktail Lounge only brings more rays, p.5
SANTA BARBARA
once a week from pier to peak
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CINNAMON? SWEET! UCSB RESEARCHERS ROSHNI GEORGE AND DONALD GRAVES TRY FIGHTING DEMENTIA WITH CINnAMON; IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE ON TO SOMETHING…
by Rachelle Oldmixon
MAD SCIENCE
Fighting Alzheimer’s with Cinnamon
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s the age of the nation’s population increases, Alzheimer’s Disease is becoming a bigger and bigger concern. Alzheimer’s, as many of us have seen, causes dementia. It starts small, with momentary memory lapses that anyone can laugh off as “senior moments.” But dementia progresses, unfortunately, soon causing the loss of recent memories. Last summer’s vacation with the family fades and people you recently met become ghosts. Cognitive abilities begin to wane. Reminders, lists and repetitive questions become the norm. From there, dementia continues to take memory after memory, working its way backwards. The effects are devastating, both for the person with Alzheimer’s and for those close to that person. And the economic cost of Alzheimer’s is similarly devastating, estimated to be over $200 billion in the United States this year alone.
Tangled Up
If you’ve heard of Alzheimer’s, you’ve heard of “plaques and tangles.” These ...continued p.21
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