Building a Better Brain to Prevent Dementia
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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Blueberry Vinegar May Combat Dementia
Dementia affects millions of people worldwide, robbing them of their ability to think, remember and live as they once did. In the search for new ways to fight cognitive decline, …
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Could Marriage Reduce Risk of Dementia?
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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