Health Issue: SHORT CUTS

SHORT CUTS: Alzheimer's: Sniffing insulin may help boost memory    Squirting insulen up the noses of patents with early forms of Alzheimer's disease showed signs of improving their memory,, US researchers said. Patients who got the treatment for four months showed improvements in tests of memory recall that lasted for two months. Several studies have suggested thjat peo;e with A;zheimer's have reduced levels of insulin in the brain, even in the earliest stages. Insulin is important for communiction between brain cells and is needed for brain function. Suanne Craft of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and the University of Washington in Seattle and her team found what sould happen if they delivered insulin directly to the brain. Cow milk fights allergies in newborns:    Reaserch shows that mothers who feed their babies cow's milk in the first 15 days after birth may be protecting them from dangerous allergies later on. The new research from Tel Aviv University changed the earlier perception that cow's milk should be avoided in the early months of an infant's feeding. Yitzhak Katz, paediatrics professor at the Tel Aviv Universiy found infants who were fed cow's milk in the firrst 15 days were 19 times more protected than babies fed on cow's miolk after 15 days. Cherry juice can keep insominia away:     Suffering from insomina? drink a glass of cherry juice twice daily, as scientists claim the fruit holds the key to a good night's sleep: Experts at the University of Rochester in New york found that having a glass of unsweetened cherry juice regularly helped people enjoy more sleep. Psychiatrist Wilfred Pigeon, who led the study, said the effect could be due to the fruit's high content of melatonin - the hormore that regualtes the body's sleep-wake cycle, the daily mail reported.