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“Just playing Scrabble is not enough. It doesn’t push hard enough,” one study participant said.
Recently, the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation gave researchers a $3.5 million award for promising early detection Alzheimer’s tests.
The National Institute on Aging is providing researchers with $3.5 million for a five-year study on the effectiveness of an app that will help people avoid a class of drugs that could increase dementia risk.
While recent reports have found that Alzheimer’s is “the most expensive disease in America,” costing society more than a quarter of a trillion dollars, a new analysis suggests that Alzheimer’s economic impact is even greater than current estimates.
How important is it to make change? Consider that Orange County’s Vital Brain Aging Program found that 22% of participants had some level of cognitive impairment.
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“This research provides proof of concept that since different mechanisms are at work in Alzheimer’s in different patients, we need to develop more personalized treatments that will prove more effective in individuals,” said Szigeti, who is also an associate professor of neurology in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB.
Could epileptic seizures be a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease?
There isn’t a silver bullet for Alzheimer’s, but more and more studies are showing a healthy lifestyle might help delay or prevent Alzheimer’s.
This is a great interview with Mindi Meira. Her niche is coach for brain health to prevent and reverse Alzheimer’s.
To-do lists get a lot of flack, but the simple act of planning has some psychological and productivity benefits all by itself.
Women in their 60s are twice as likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s as they are to develop breast cancer, per the Alzheimer’s Association.
The fabulous thing about the fantastic elasticity of your brain is its ability to “reboot” and remove patterns, bad habits, biases, and limits that no longer serve you. The trick to this is knowing how to press the reset button and get a fresh start.
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