Dementia

Do 3 Things to Protect Your Aging Brain

Source: USA Today If you want to stay mentally sharp as you age, experts have three pieces of advice: Get more exercise, control your risks for cardiovascular disease and work with your doctor to h...

How to Increase Brain Power as You Age

  How to Increase brain power as you age If you want to increase brain power for yourself as you age it's about food, exercise, habits,some surprising things like your GI tract health & supple...

Researchers Have Stopped Dementia From Developing in Mice

Source: The Week A new study could change the way scientists approach dementia and Alzheimer's treatment. Researchers at Duke University found a way to stop mice from developing dementia, BBC News ...

Adam Sandler Movie Inspires Real-Life Program for Dementia Patients

For 94-year-old Louise Irving, who suffers from dementia, waking up every day to a video with a familiar face and a familiar voice seems to spark a flicker of recognition. "Good morning, merry sun...

Sleep Apnea, Other Breathing Troubles Linked to Dementia: Study

Source: Daily News People whose sleep is disrupted by irregular breathing are much more likely to get dementia or Alzheimer's, a new study suggests. Elderly men are twice as likely as elderly women...

Mediterranean Diet Expands Brain

Source: MD A diet rich in fish, green leafy vegetables, nuts and whole grains appears to lead to an increase in brain volume. In an abstract due to be presented April 22 at the American Academy of ...

Fruit Fly Study Probes Protein Role in Aggressive Dementia

New mechanisms have been uncovered in the development of an aggressive form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia. This is the third most common form of early-onset dementia, often beginning i...

Personal Stories: Lewy Body Dementia

My story with regard to the Lewy Body Society is fairly straightforward. My precious mother got ill in 2000 and we did not know what was wrong with her. My father took her to at least 25 doctors be...

Researchers Find Ping-Pong Can Slow Effects of Dementia, Alzheimer’s

It’s a new spin on battling a devastating disease—table tennis therapy. Very few sports work the brain as much as the game of ping-pong. The smashes come at a rapid pace for members of the Sacramen...

Mediterranean Diet Could Help Beat Dementia Finds UCL Study

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a state between normal aging and dementia, affects 19 per cent of people aged 65 and over. Around 46 per cent of people with MCI go on to develop dementia within t...