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Can alcohol be good for you? Much evidence would argue yes. For instance, moderate drinkers tend to live longer than teetotalers. Yet alcohol also causes cancer and other diseases, including dementia. So how can such stuff be good for you?
Being aware of the early signs of dementia and seeking early treatment may prolong the early stage of this disease. There is no cure for the progressive dementias, and treatment relies on medication, nutrition and behavioral approaches.
Two new breakthroughs, one at Columbia, the other at Harvard, have been announced in Alzheimer’s research. Will this new information save us from the huge costs of Alzheimer’s? Not for a lot longer than we need. And we can’t wait.
Can we personally avoid Alzheimer’s? Many books have been written on the subject, with suggestions varying from coffee to apple juice to flossing your teeth. Yet one of the most effective strategies may be to take a walk—preferably every day.
In a world of increasing pharmaceutical prices, some drugs are cheap. One is light. Whether in the form of sunlight or artificial light, light can be used to treat a large variety of ills, including Alzheimer's disease.
Who says you can't teach a mind new tricks at any age? Recent research shows that we have the power to influence brain function throughout life, an important realization for the more than 78 million baby boomers in the United States.
A new study finds that too many doctors suffer from "therapeutic nihilism."
When learning new things, people with emerging symptoms find it harder to separate what's important from what's not.
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