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Don’t Take It So Hard, For Your Brain’s Sake

May 2, 2025 No Comments

STRESS affects Alzheimer’s risk. Find out how. Learn 10 ways to de-stress and relax.

The Good News Is: 80% of Strokes Can Be Prevented

May 1, 2025 1 Comment

VIDEO + ARTICLE: It’s National Stroke Awareness Month. Experts Offer Tips on How to Recognize and Prevent Strokes & Vascular Dementia.

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Why Aren’t More People Taking Aspirin to Prevent Vascular Dementia?

April 29, 2025 1 Comment

Many of us should take aspirin to prevent vascular dementia, strokes and heart attack. We don’t, even when we can get it naturally from food. Why are doctors ignoring U.S. guidelines? Which foods work best? Video+Article

“Beet” Alzheimer’s with Betanin

April 28, 2025 3 Comments

Betanin makes beets red. Betanin slows the #1 Alzheimer’s culprit, brain plaque. Learn the way it fights dementia and how much to eat or drink.

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27 Sleep Tips to Fight Alzheimer’s

April 21, 2025 9 Comments

Poor sleep aggravates dementia and increases Alzheimer’s risk. Sleeping well restores and refreshes the brain. Learn to get a good night’s sleep to prevent and treat dementia. Check out these tips.

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20% Less Dementia with Shingles Vaccine

April 18, 2025 No Comments

Stanford Medicine’s new analysis of a vaccination program found shingles vaccines appear to lower dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.

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More Evidence Alzheimer’s is a Type of Diabetes

April 16, 2025 No Comments

MEMORY PROBLEMS, an early sign of Alzheimer’s, are linked to glucose sugar deprivation in brain cells. So is diabetes, a well-known Alzheimer’s risk factor. How strongly connected is the Alzheimer’s-Sugar-Diabetes triangle?

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What Starts Alzheimer’s, What Stops It?

April 4, 2025 No Comments

VIDEO: Vascular neglect triggers Alzheimer’s decades before symptoms appear. See how to use that knowledge to lower risk and slow its advance.

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2 Million Marijuana Smokers Up Stroke 17%

March 31, 2025 No Comments

MARIJUANA VIDEO – Dr. Gregger:

Vascular dementia often results from strokes. In a huge study of 2 million pot smokers, hospitalization from ischemic stroke increased 17%. See more about this vascular-dementia-marijuana connection.

Gantenerumab Cut Alzheimer’s Risk by 50% in New Study

March 23, 2025 No Comments

Participants in a new study had inherited genetic variants that lead to early-onset Alzheimer’s. Among those who received the drug the longest – an average of eight years – the treatment lowered the risk of developing symptoms from essentially 100% to about 50%.

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Juliane Moore, Dr. Sano Unveil Alzheimer’s in “Still Alice”

August 12, 2026

BACKSTAGE: See how Dr. Mary Sano, Director of Alzheimer’s Research at Mount Sinai Medicine, advised Julianne Moore behind-the-scenes in this emotionally deep movie.

Beware of Common Anticholinergic Drugs

August 11, 2026

MEMORY & THINKING are activated by acetyl-choline. Alzheimer’s drugs boost acetyl-choline. Other medications, from allergy to insomnia drugs, may be anti-cholinergic, lowering acetyl-choline. This can spell trouble in dementia. Learn which drugs to avoid and what to look out for.

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New Alzheimer’s Suspect: Amyloid-ETA, Cousin to Amyloid-Beta

August 10, 2026

New Alzheimer’s drugs clear brain plaque made of amyloid-beta. 9 years ago, researchers discovered another Alzheimer’s culprit called amyloid-ETA. Now, they’ve possibly figured out how it works. Learn how balancing these two suspects may hold the key to success in current clinical trials.

Most Popular Stories

85 with Dementia? Good Chance It’s HS-AGING, Not Alzheimer’s

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?

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A Grandchild for One Day Keeps Dementia Away

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?

“I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” By Dad with Dementia & Son

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!

Is Alzheimer’s Catchy?

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.