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Tag: Alzheimer’s Disease
National Alzheimer’s Plan Presented
Back in the winter, a draft of a National Alzheimer’s Plan, called for in the National AlzheimerÛªs Project Act (NAPA), was released. More than 3,600 people or organizations submitted comments on the draft plan including the Consumer Consortium for Advancing Person Center Living, of which I am on the board.åÊ...
Alzheimer’s and Exercise
Individuals with higher levels of daily physical activity may have a decreased risk of developing AlzheimerÛªs. A study in Neurology was conducted to establish a link between daily exercise and reduced AlzheimerÛªs risk. More than 700 cognitively aware participants with an average age of 82 were equipped with a wrist...
Alzheimer’s and Exercise (VIDEO)
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Alzheimer’s Report Addresses Action Steps for National Alzheimer’s Plan
Alzheimeräó»s from the Frontlines: Challenges a National Alzheimeräó»s Plan Must Address is a collective effort to share the real and unrelenting struggles that must be addressed in the National Alzheimeräó»s Plan now being created through the implementation of the National Alzheimeräó»s Project Act (NAPA).æ The Alzheimeräó»s Association and its more...
Cataract Surgery Improves Mood, Cognition, Sleep in Alzheimer’s Patients
@Michael Muller, Getty Images People with mild forms of Alzheimer’s disease experienced improvement in sleep patterns, cognitive functioning and mood after undergoing vision-correcting cataract surgery. Researchers at Tenon Hospital in Paris studied 38 patients with mild Alzheimer’s and debilitating cataract in at least one eye before and after participants underwent...
Alzheimer’s Preventable with Lifestyle Changes
New research suggests that nearly half of worldwide Alzheimer’s disease cases can be prevented by making healthy lifestyle changes that are often associated with preventing other chronic health conditions.Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center concluded that the following contributed to the disease: physical inactivity, depression, smoking, mid-life hypertension,...
Homebound Seniors More Likely To Get Alzheimer’s
@Joanne Green, Getty Images Housebound seniors are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease as more active individuals. Investigators at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago followed 1,294 seniors from two separate studies. None of the study subjects exhibited dementia symptoms at the beginning of either study.æ During an average...
New Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Could Detect Alzheimer’s Sooner and Lead to Therapies
New guidelines released by the Alzheimer’s Association and the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Aging identify new diagnostic criteria and new biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease. The guidelines identify previously unrecognized phases of the disease. The three new phases refer to the disease’s progression, starting before well-known...