Can Dementia be Prevented?
More than 5 million Americans today are affected by dementia or Alzheimer’s disease (AD). If nothing is done to stop this upward trajectory, there will be more than 16 million …
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Improve Memory by Exercising
For patients with mild cognitive impairment, don’t be surprised if your health care provider prescribes exercise rather than medication. A new guideline for medical practitioners says they should recommend twice-weekly exercise …
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Could Dementia be Reduced by Marriage?
Marriage may lower the risk of developing dementia, concludes a synthesis of the available evidence published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Lifelong singletons and widowers are at …
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Lack of REM Sleep Boosts Dementia Risk
People who get less rapid eye movement (REM) sleep may have a greater risk of developing dementia, according to a new study published in the August 23, 2017, online issue …
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Moderate Drinking May Reduce Dementia
Older adults who consume alcohol moderately on a regular basis are more likely to live to the age of 85 without dementia or other cognitive impairments than non-drinkers, according to …
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