The Alzheimer's Association calls them "Cognasiums," or gymnasiums for the mind. In this NBC video, learn about "Cognasiums" such as the Dakim Brain Fitness System. See how these "Cognasiums" bring dementia therapy and Alzheimer's prevention to the PC.
Certain common foods are better than pills at delivering the nutrients your body needs to fight dementias such as Alzheimer's. Find out which foods will keep your brain sharp and help reduce your risk.
Dementia pugulistica (DP) results from too many hits to the head, typically from football, hockey and boxing. See ways to protect kids in high-school sports. (Includes "do-it-yourself" questions to check if a player you know should be benched.)
One resveratrol pill, packing the benefits of a thousand glasses of wine, activates the sirtuin gene. Does this really prevent dementias such as Alzheimer's? Watch CBS' 60 Minutes discuss the evidence.
"The brain can change in response to focused training," said Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD, director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center at UCSF. Learn how practicing simple visual tasks improved the accuracy of short-term memory.
"We found that teenage physical activity was more important, was MOST important, in terms of lowering the rate of dementia or cognitive impairment in late life," said Dr. L. Middleton. Find out why.
Resveratrol is a supplement extracted from red grapes or wine. New research shows its fascinating selectivity of peptides. It destroys the "bad" ones which cause dementias such as Alzheimer's. As for the "good" peptides, resveratrol "knows" to leave them alone.
