
Memory Slips – When to Worry, When Not
DIAGNOSIS TIP – VIDEO: Forgot the car keys, the day, or the name of that thing in your hand? Find out what’s normal aging and
DIAGNOSIS TIP – VIDEO: Forgot the car keys, the day, or the name of that thing in your hand? Find out what’s normal aging and
VIDEO: Dr. Gayatri Devi (Neurologist and author of The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer’s) explains the role of genetics in
CBS HEALTH VIDEO: Dr. Rudy Tanzi heads the world-famous Alzheimer’s Genome Project. See him describe science-based techniques to reduce Alzheimer’s risk and protect your brain.
SLEEP VIDEO & ARTICLE: Sound stimulation in deep sleep improved memory for people with pre-dementia. The small pilot study used easy-to-get “pink noise” machines. See
PROTECTING YOUR MEMORY & COGNITION: Maintaining positive, warm and trusting friendships might be the key to a slower decline in memory and cognitive functioning, according
RESEARCH ARTICLE: Researchers find that niacin, used as FDA-approved Niaspan, reduces Alzheimer’s amyloid plaques and improves cognition. Learn more.
DIET VIDEO + ARTICLE: 18 diet studies showed the Mediterranean Diet improved cognition and fought Alzheimer’s around the world. No matter what your age, see
DIET: In a new study of people age 50 and older, eating certain fruits and plant-based foods over 20 years helps significantly lower Alzheimer’s and
VIDEO + ARTICLE: Dementia is not inevitable for people with mild cognitive impairment; researchers find that higher education and advanced language skills more than double
UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA – VIDEO: Blood moves through our body in tubes comprising “the vascular system.” See why vascular leaks or clogs trigger vascular dementia, stroke
Where words fail, music speaks. See how music can be a very powerful vehicle for communication in the various stages of dementia.
You’ve made the difficult, necessary decision to move someone you love into a “Memory Care” dementia-care community. What are you supposed to SAY to them? How do you tell them they have to move? Here is a proven, three-prong approach to keep you out of hot water and save you both a lot of heartache.
Learn the latest research at Rush University on dementia-preventing activities that keep your brain refreshingly healthy.
Three important dementia studies focus on HS-AGING, a type of dementia almost as common as Alzheimer’s in the 85+ group. Yet few people have heard of it. Why? What makes it different?
An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?
Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!
It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.
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This site was inspired by my Mom’s autoimmune dementia.
It is a place where we separate out the wheat from the chafe, the important articles & videos from each week’s river of news. Google gets a new post on Alzheimer’s or dementia every 7 minutes. That can overwhelm anyone looking for help. This site filters out, focuses on and offers only the best information. It has helped hundreds of thousands of people since it debuted in 2007. Thanks to our many subscribers for your supportive feedback.
The site is dedicated to all those preserving the dignity of the community of people living with dementia.
Peter Berger, Editor