
5 Ways to Shape Up Your Brain
Learn the 5 effective habits shown to reduce Alzheimer’s risk and slow it down.
Learn the 5 effective habits shown to reduce Alzheimer’s risk and slow it down.
Lewy body dementia receives relatively little attention and few research dollars, and often goes undiagnosed. Learn about a kit to do something about it. Watch Mike Belleville share his long journey of misdiagnosis from Alzheimer’s to Lewy body dementia.
What’s behind Michael Rossato-Bennett’s stirring documentary on music’s affect on dementia? See why this film has been a success in the battle against Alzheimer’s.
Doctors are encouraging people to take advantage of holiday gatherings with relatives to discuss family medical histories. Learn why knowing your family’s medical history can help you avoid repeating past health issues.
Researchers say exposure to light that’s pulsing at 40 beats per second causes the brain to release a surge of chemicals that may help fight Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers have been able to mobilize the brain’s native stem cells to replenish a type of neuron lost in Huntington’s disease. Learn how they improved health and extended life in the lab.
Statins certainly seem to lower the risk of Alzheimer’s. On the other hand, they can sometimes cause temporary memory loss, which does go away if one stops the statins. Find out what you need to know to strike the right balance.
ABC News interviews Dan Cohen, the founder of Music and Memory. See how donated iPods can battle dementia via personalized playlists.
See how this Alzheimer’s-test from Northwestern University uses celebrity faces to detect dementia. Find out how well it works.
Fat, middle aged people are 3.6 times as likely to develop memory loss and dementia. See the research that reveals why.
With what we know today, even high genetic risk can be beaten —new research reveals that the Mediterranean diet may slow memory decline and lower dementia risk, even for those with the APOE4 gene.
Aphasia affects a person’s ability to communicate. It affects language functions, such as speaking, understanding what others say, and naming common objects. Learn its causes, types and a few tips.
Get your message out with Alzheimer’s Weekly! Publish your news prominently on AlzheimersWeekly.com and email it to 30,000 opt-in subscribers. The fee is just $100.
What are the early symptoms of Alzheimer’s? When to get a professional evaluation.
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.
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?
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?
No spam, only news and updates.