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Alcoholic Dementia: How Heavy Drinking Can Affect Your Memory

Dec 19, 2018 · Susan Jimison Vitek · Memory

Moderate drinking (one or two glasses a day) shouldn’t affect your cognitive function and may even provide some mild benefits. But chronic alcohol abuse can lead to alcohol-induced dementia due to the combined toxic effects of alcohol and the nutritional deficiencies often associated with alcoholism. In fact, heavy drinking (more … Read More

How to Improve Memory Power: 7 Tips for Fending Off Forgetfulness

Dec 10, 2018 · Susan Jimison Vitek · Memory

Although Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are not yet entirely preventable, you can learn to boost your ability to organize information, cement it in your mind, and recall it more easily. The following tips on how to improve memory are among the most accessible steps you can take … Read More

What Is Alzheimer’s?

Dec 7, 2018 · Lynne Christensen · Memory

Anyone who has seen the effects of Alzheimer's disease on a loved one knows it's a devastating condition—one that that compromises not only the ability to remember and to think but to take care of oneself. But what is Alzheimer’s? The Alzheimer's Association provides a direct and stark definition of … Read More

Signs of Dementia: How to Identify Them—and What You Can Do

Dec 6, 2018 · Dawn Bialy · Memory

As you get older, it's natural to be concerned about the possibility that you or a loved one will begin showing signs of dementia. In fact, among adults who are age 65 or older, one in nine will develop Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to the Alzheimer’s Association. How can you … Read More

Eat Healthy Fats to Lower the Risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia

Nov 30, 2018 · UHN Staff · Memory

Are you getting enough healthy fats in your diet? Don't skimp; healthy dietary fats are vital to brain function and the prevention of dementia and Alzheimer’s, and a low-fat diet can deprive your brain of essential nutrients. Here's why healthy fats are critical: The fats we eat are broken down … Read More

10 Dementia Symptoms: Warning Signs vs. Normal Aging

Nov 26, 2018 · JoAnn Milivojevic · Memory

Do you keep losing your keys, forgetting where you parked your car, or drawing a blank on names of people you just met? Maybe you can’t remember where you left your wallet more often than you’d care to admit. Such lapses of memory tend to get people of a certain … Read More

Delirium: Defining a Syndrome Often Mistaken for Dementia

Nov 13, 2018 · Leonaura Rhodes, MD · Memory

Delirium is a medical syndrome—not a disease—in which there is a rapid onset of confusion, altered consciousness, and behavioral changes. Unlike dementia, which shares some of these symptoms, the onset of delirium is usually within hours or days (as opposed to months or years). Delirium is considered a medical emergency. … Read More

Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injuries: Treatments and Recovery

Oct 26, 2018 · JoAnn Milivojevic · Memory

A concussion is considered a mild traumatic brain injury (MBTI), but it can be a serious injury especially as we get older. The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in people 65 years of age and older, traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to more than 2.5 million emergency … Read More

“Exergaming”: Can It Boost Your Brainpower?

Oct 3, 2018 · Kate Brophy · Memory

Combining physical exercise with video games can help boost motivation when it comes to getting enough physical activity, but “exergaming” isn’t just for kids—it may benefit adults, too. In a recent small study, older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) who played exergames—video games that double as exercise—experienced improvements when … Read More

Lewy Body Dementia Symptoms: How They Differ from Alzheimer’s Symptoms

Sep 27, 2018 · Jay Roland · Memory

Lewy body dementia symptoms are often confused for signs of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Both conditions are characterized by declines in thinking skills, and both can lead to mood changes and difficulty communicating. But while AD always results in significant memory loss, Lewy body dementia doesn’t always cause serious memory problems. … Read More

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