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Older Women Especially Vulnerable to Alzheimer’s

Apr 21, 2021 · Kate Brophy · Memory

More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and research suggests that about two-thirds of them are women. The risk of AD increases with age—while about 10 percent of people age 65 and older develop it, about 50 percent of those age 85 and older have it. … Read More

Ask the Doctor: High Cholesterol & Dementia; Adult ADHD; COVID-19 Anxiety

Apr 21, 2021 · Jay Roland · Memory

Q I know there is a serious link between high blood pressure and dementia risk, but what about high cholesterol? Does it increase the odds of developing dementia, too? A You’re right that high blood pressure is a key risk factor for dementia as well as many other health problems. … Read More

Memory Maximizers: Retrieve Memories Often to Secure Them in Your Mind; Avoid Depressive Thoughts to Help Protect Your Memory

Apr 21, 2021 · Jay Roland · Memory

Retrieve Memories Often to Secure Them in Your Mind Think about family birthdays you know off the top of your head or stories you’ve repeated through the years. One of the ways you can recall this information so easily is because you retrieve it from your memory time and time … Read More

Dementia with Lewy Bodies’ Symptoms Often Differ from Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease

Apr 21, 2021 · Jay Roland · Memory

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the third-leading cause of dementia worldwide, but it remains a somewhat misunderstood and underdiagnosed neurological condition. DLB differs from Alzheimer’s disease (AD)—by far the most common cause of dementia—in some important ways. Recognizing the early symptoms of DLB and getting appropriate treatment can help … Read More

Frontline: Cut heart disease risk; Younger age of Alzheimer’s onset; Better brain health

Apr 21, 2021 · Dawn Bialy · Memory

Adding Walnuts to Your Eating Plan May Cut Heart Disease Risk Eating walnuts every day may have anti-inflammatory effects that are linked with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, according to researchers who published their findings in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. In the study, 634 healthy … Read More

Memory as a Creative Act

Apr 13, 2021 · JoAnn Milivojevic · Memory

The ability to recall information typically becomes more challenging as time goes by. In particular, short-term memory is the first to fade. This becomes especially apparent when people struggle to recall a person’s name, the time of an appointment, or experience “tip of the tongue” moments. “When memory impairments become … Read More

Attention Span Suffering? Learn Strategies to Ad-dress This Common Age-Related Concern

Apr 13, 2021 · Jay Roland · Memory

As we get older, concerns about cognition changes tend to focus on memory loss. When we can’t immediately recall a name or other piece of information, that struggle is obvious. But when our focus drifts and we don’t concentrate as well as we used to, such changes may not be … Read More

Newsbriefs: Reducing Parkinson’s Symptoms; Blood Test for Cognitive Decline; Fittest City in America

Mar 29, 2021 · JoAnn Milivojevic · Memory

Spinal Cord Stimulation Reduces Parkinson’s Symptoms A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine reports that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) measurably decreased pain and reduced motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, both as a singular therapy and as a “salvage therapy” after deep brain stimulation … Read More

Treat the Medical Conditions That May Be Robbing Your Memory and Thinking Skills

Mar 29, 2021 · Jay Roland · Memory

Health conditions that may not, on the surface, seem to have anything to do with memory and cognition may actually be causing challenges to your thinking skills now and raising your risk of dementia down the road. Indeed, just about any poorly controlled chronic health problem that affects the brain … Read More

Memory Maximizers: Lists, Journals, Notes, Reminders All Help Free Up Memory Space; Looking to Boost Memory and Thinking Skills? Nap on It

Mar 29, 2021 · Jay Roland · Memory

Lists, Journals, Notes, Reminders All Help Free Up Memory Space You may be familiar with the steps needed to free up some memory on your computer or smartphone, but do you know how to free up some memory space in your brain? One simple method may seem obvious, but there is … Read More

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