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Basil May Protect Against Alzheimer’s

August 22, 2024 No Comments

A preclinical study finds that a natural component in basil reduces neurotoxicity in the Alzheimer’s brain. Learn more.

A Look at How the ‘Superagers’ Live

July 26, 2024 No Comments

VIDEO: Men and women living into their nineties are the fastest growing segment in the US population. What determines who will make it into their 90s, and in what condition? The “90+” research study is hoping to find out. Learn more.

Curry Derivative J147 Beats Aricept for Alzheimer’s

July 22, 2024 18 Comments

J147 is a derivative of curry’s turmeric spice. It beat the Alzheimer’s drug Aricept (generic: donepezil) on several memory tests. The Salk Institute says it may benefit Parkinson’s, Huntington’s & vascular dementia.

Leslie Stahl discussing the 90+ Study on 60 Minutes

“90+” Study Zooms in on Dementia

July 1, 2024 No Comments

60 Minutes checks in on the groundbreaking “90+ Study”. Lesley Stahl revisited the participants, aged 90+, whom she first met in 2014., See the latest on leading longer, healthier lives, with special focus on memory and dementia.

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Intermittent Fasting Improves Alzheimer’s in the Lab

June 20, 2024 1 Comment

A new study from researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine has shown in mice that it is possible to correct the circadian disruptions seen in Alzheimer’s disease with time-restricted feeding.

Scammability – Dementia’s Newest Warning Sign

June 8, 2024 1 Comment

ELDER ABUSE (VIDEO + ARTICLE): Scammability, or ease of getting scammed, is a warning sign for dementia. Caused by loss of social judgement, it occurs before thinking or memory problems.

Amazonian Groups Are Virtually Alzheimer’s-Free

June 3, 2024 No Comments

VIDEO + ARTICLE: The world’s lowest rates of dementia are found in Amazonian indigenous groups. Now there’s more evidence their lifestyles may hold clues to preventing Alzheimer’s. Learn more.

Bigger is Better: Brain Size Up 7%, Dementia Down 25%

May 28, 2024 1 Comment

In a span of 40 years, why did average brain size increase and dementia rates drop? A new UC-Davis study explores environmental factors behind this silent revolution.

Sugar-Diabetes-Dementia Triangle

May 23, 2024 2 Comments

SUGAR raises diabetes AND dementia risk. Will research into the hormone “amylin” reveal the reason why?

Triheptanoin Ups Brain Energy in Huntington’s Dementia

May 9, 2024 No Comments

Triheptanoin is available as a supplement or by prescription. A series of studies suggest it improves brain energy metabolism for people with Huntington’s disease. Learn how.

Midnight Munchies for Dementia – New Year’s & All Year

December 31, 2025

VIDEO+ARTICLE CARE TIP: Midnight snacks are great on New Year’s Eve and even greater on midnight dementia-care shifts. Learn how late-night munchies solved a nurse’s wandering & behavior problems.

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Thought of the Week: Loving Deeply

December 30, 2025

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. (Lao Tzu)

Why Bingo Keeps Showing Up in Dementia Research

December 30, 2025

VIDEO+ARTICLE: Multiple studies affirm bingo exercises attention, memory, and social connection all at once. Learn about its small but meaningful role in dementia care—when used the right way.

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Amazing Dementia Village Cares for Advanced Alzheimer’s

Fresh air and exercise, improved appetite, fewer medications and happier family visits typify the world’s first “Dementia Village”. See how an inspired nursing home manager took a dreary hospital and turned it into a respect-filled, compassionate community.

Thought of the Week: Beautiful Compensation

It is one of the most beautiful Compensations of this life thatNo man can sincerely try to help anotherWithout helping himself.

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Big Cup, Little Man: Picking Up the Earliest Signs of Alzheimer’s

SHORT-TERM MEMORY lapses are obvious signs of Alzheimer’s, but other tell-tale signals begin to show much earlier. Learn how to look for semantic impairments, such as simple questions about size.