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Research Suggests Ways to Slow Alzheimer's
A new study released at the International Conference on Prevention of Dementia on June 11th suggests that treating other health factors - like diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol can help slow the onset and severity of dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease.
This research further links heart and brain health. Cardiovascular problems like heart attacks or stroke may also increase the onset of dementia. Taking positive actions, like treating high blood pressure, exercising, and changing diet can all help reduce dementia. (Read more about Research Suggests Ways to Slow Alzheimer's)
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Alcohol Can Slow the Onset of Dementia
One drink per day may reduce the onset of dementia in elderly people.
Having one drink per day may impede the progress of cognitive impairment for seniors. A study at the University of Bari, Italy, involving 1,445 people between the ages of 65 through 85, suggests that those who routinely drank one alcoholic beverage per day developed dementia and Alzheimer's disease at a slower rate than those who didn't. Of those in the drinking group, only 121 had developed mild cognitive impairment which included mild memory or mental problems. (Read more about Alcohol Can Slow the Onset of Dementia)
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Ovarian and Dementia Risk
Many women have to face a very difficult decision to electively remove their ovaries because of an inherited ovarian cancer risk.
But now the findings of new research are making that decision a bit more difficult.
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that surgically removing a woman’s ovaries raises her risk of developing dementia or cognitive impairment later on.
Women who had removal of one or both ovaries were compared with women who had no surgery. (Read more about Ovarian and Dementia Risk)
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EXERCISE AND ALZHEIMERS
It gets harder and harder to exercise as we get older. But, there are plenty of health benefits including one major one you might not have realized before.
There’s more and more information now that keeping our cardiovascular system clean and healthy does more than just protect our heart; it can prevent the onset of mental decline in our golden years.
And this study shows in particular, exercise can have a powerful effect in preventing dementia.
Senior exerciser Mimi Dubin says, “I’m 75 years old and I don’t think I’d be so full of energy without this class.” (Read more about EXERCISE AND ALZHEIMERS)
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DEMENTIA RISKS IN YOUNG
Most folks are aware that high cholesterol and high blood pressure puts one at risk for a heart attack. But did you know that twenty or thirty years down the road it also could mean the development of dementia, like one sees with Alzheimer’s disease?
The fact is any organ is susceptible to the effects of cardiovascular disease, and that includes the brain. Now, a new study shows that there is a significant risk of dementia if cardiovascular risk factors are not addressed. (Read more about DEMENTIA RISKS IN YOUNG)
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WEIGHT LOSS AND DEMENTIA
If a senior you know and care about is starting to lose weight, it might be a warning sign of impending Alzheimer’s disease.
There are many things that weight loss in an older person can imply; but before any signs of mental incapacity, it could mean the start of dementia,” says Dr. Tharakam Ravishankar, the Medical Director of the Glen Cove Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. (Read more about WEIGHT LOSS AND DEMENTIA)
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M.S. AND ALZHEIMER’S DRUG
Taking a drug used for Alzheimer’s disease may help deal with the memory loss experienced by people with multiple sclerosis, according to a study published in the medical journal Neurology.
The finding could help the large percentage, nearly fifty percent of MS patients, who suffer from cognitive problems. (Read more about M.S. AND ALZHEIMER’S DRUG)
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