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Latest studies have indicated that alzheimer care can help the decline of the illness. Spending time with her ear glued to a mobile phone may protect against Alzheimer's and even make it back, according to a study of mice, published today in the U.S.

The researchers exposed to about a hundred mice electromagnetic waves emitted by mobile phones for one to two hours daily for seven to eight months.

Many of these mice were genetically modified to develop the equivalent of Alzheimer's disease and memory problems as they age, while the others were normal and showed no genetic predisposition to disease.

"We were surprised to find that exposure to mobile phone in early adulthood protected memory in mice, which otherwise would have developed Alzheimer's symptoms," said Gary Arendash, professor of neurology at the University of Florida (Southeastern United States ), the main author of this work appeared in the Journal of Alzheimer's Desease.

"Most surprising was that the magnetic waves emitted by mobile phones restored the normal operation of the memory of old mice suffering from Alzheimer's disease," he notes.

The study shows that electromagnetic waves generated by the phones got rid of the deposits of the protein beta-amyloid peptide in the brain of amyloid ratones.Esas accumulations in the brain are considered by investigators as a trigger for the neurodegeneration and dementia in Alzheimer's disease, preventing normal transmission of nerve flows between neurons, brain cells.