Skipping the Sweet Treats Might Bust the Holiday Blues
If you’re prone to depression, this holiday season you might want to say “bah humbug” to offers of sugar plum pudding, caramel corn and chocolate babka.
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Doctor’s Tip: How lifestyle affects our microbiome
This is the fifth in a series of columns based on Dr. Dean Ornish’s recent book “Undo It.” The book makes the case that our health is not determined so much by the genes we’re born with but by whether these genes are turned on or off. And to a large extent, that process is determined by our lifestyle.
Preventing Cognitive Decline Through Precision Medicine, Lifestyle Changes
Researchers today said that for the first time they have clinical evidence that a series of lifestyle changes and medical interventions can slow cognitive decline from Alzheimer’s or other neurodegenerative diseases.
Healthy Lifestyle Habits Now May Lower Alzheimer’s Risk Later
An estimated 17,000 Delawareans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and that number is only expected to increase over the next several years. This represents 11% of the state’s senior population. Though research is still evolving, growing evidence shows that people can reduce their risk of Alzheimer’s by making key lifestyle changes, including participating in regular physical and mental activity and maintaining good heart health.
Lifestyle changes improved cognition in people at risk for Alzheimers, study shows
Following personalized lifestyle behaviors for 18 months improved memory and thinking skills in people who are at risk or showing early signs of dementia that can lead to Alzheimer’s.
Doctors Explain How Hiking Can Actually Change Our Brains
Reach for your hiking shoes to promote brain health!
Eat well, exercise more: New global guidelines to reduce risk of dementia
There’s no effective treatment for dementia, which affects 50 million people worldwide, but the World Health Organization says there’s much can be done to delay or slow the onset and progression of the disease.
Creative Connections: Art as Escape from Alzheimer’s
Art is an age-old method of helping people express what they cannot put into words, as creating art involves a different part of the brain than does language
Eat Well to be Well: Build brainpower with brain-healthy foods
“To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”
How are lifestyle changes preventing or turning around Alzheimer’s?
Check out this recording about The Alzheimer’s Solution, a new book by two neurologists who say lifestyle changes are the key to preventing Alzheimer’s disease.