
Enjoying a Mothers’ Day Meal: 7 Dementia Tips
Mothers’ Day in the USA is Sunday. Going out? Preparing a meal at home? Keep these tips in mind when hosting Mom with Alzheimer’s.
Mothers’ Day in the USA is Sunday. Going out? Preparing a meal at home? Keep these tips in mind when hosting Mom with Alzheimer’s.
Dementia incidence has steadily fallen by 20 to 25 percent over the past three decades in the U.S., U.K., Sweden, and the Netherlands. How come?
During aging as well as during Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease, iron accumulates in the human brain. Now, researchers found that in vertebrates, a microRNA called
What are the six signs of early dementia, and how can Vitamin B1 help head it off? Dr. Eric Berg explains.
If you couldn’t see your mashed potatoes, you probably wouldn’t eat them. That’s why what “The Red Plate Study” found was astonishing! Alzheimer’s patients eating from red plates consumed 25 percent more food than those eating from white plates. Find out why.
Our change in diet has been proposed as being the underlying reason for the dramatic increase in the prevalence of Type II diabetes that we are observing worldwide in our time. What’s that doing to our brains?
BETTER MEMORY AND BEHAVIOR, with reduced levels of Alzheimer’s tau, were achieved in the lab by supplementing drinking water with nicotinamide riboside, a form of vitamin B3. Learn what these important results mean to Alzheimer’s.
Researchers found in a German study the Mediterranean diet — one rich in fish, vegetables and olive oil — can protect the brain from the development of protein deposits and loss of brain matter.
More magnesium in our daily diet leads to better brain health as we age, according to scientists from the Neuroimaging and Brain Lab at The Australian National University (ANU).
Copper hits the brain with a double-punch. It inhibits clearance of, AND stimulates production of, Alzheimer’s plaque. See strong evidence that copper is a key player in Alzheimer’s disease.
When we honestly ask ourselves, which person in our lives means the most to us, We find that it is those who have chosen to
This pleasant poem highlights how people living with dementia may be feeling.
The tendency of Alzheimer’s patients to sleep throughout the day is not due to nighttime insomnia — it has to do with the degeneration of a type of neuron, according to a research study.
The aptly titled ‘Garden Of Remembrance’ tells the story of a married couple dealing with the early onset of dementia and the feelings of a husband who’s “Lost between the here and now/Somewhere that he can’t be found” and his wife. Stunning, beautiful & poignant.
Is keeping seated and sedentary, while intellectually stimulated, part of the best way to care for your brain?
CARE VIDEO: “WHAT TIME IS IT?” Repetitive questions are common in dementia, triggering frustration and anxiety in caregiver and patient alike. If you are ever at a loss as to how to deal with repetitive questions, check out these tips from UCLA Health.
The spice turmeric contains curcumin. In a UCLA study, curcumin significantly improved memory and mildly improved mood in people with memory problems.
With all the information out there about Alzheimer’s, it’s hard to tease out which things are true, and which things are not. Some “facts” are really just myths. Find out which is which.
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