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The Alzheimer's Answer: Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy

The Alzheimer's Answer: Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy


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A front-line researcher offers cutting-edge advice on preventing and slowing the progress of Alzheimer's Drawing on the most up-to-date information available on the disease as well as experiences from his clinical practice, Dr. Marwan Sabbagh, a leading expert in Alzheimer's research, translates the current ideas driving Alzheimer's treatment into practical information you can use to determine your risk and develop a prevention strategy. You'll find tools for assessing your personal Alzheimer's risk and "What You Can Do" sections to help you keep your brain and body healthy, plus information on the treatment of Alzheimer's and its complications. Gives you the most up-to-date information on Alzheimer's and Alzheimer's prevention Written by a neurologist specializing in geriatric neurology and dementia who is one of the country's leading experts in Alzheimer's research Includes exciting revelations, such as finding that early onset Alzheimer's can be significantly slowed in its progress, giving the patient as many as ten to fifteen added years of quality life There are an estimated 5.2 million people living with Alzheimer's in America today. If you or someone you love is at risk of developing the disease or wishes to slow its advancement, this book will give you vital information to help you reduce risk and safeguard health and quality of life.

Table of Contents:
Foreword. Acknowledgments. Introduction. PART I. PREVENTING ALZHEIMER'S. 1. Alzheimer's disease. 2. Alzheimer';s and The Brain. 3. Is Preventing Alzheimer's Disease Really Possible? PART II. REAL RISKS. 4. Your Alzheimer's IQ: Know Your Risk. 5. Diabetes. 6. Body Weight and Obesity. 7. Cerebrovascular Disease, Stroke, and Heart disease . 8. Cognitive Killers. 9. Blood Pressure and Hypertension. 10. Estrogen, and Hormone Replacement Therapy. PART III. REAL RECOMMENDATIONS. 11. Eating Your Way Out of Alzheimer's. 12. Red Wine and Other Alcoholic Beverages. 13. Managing Cholesterol and lipids. 14. Exercising Your Way to Prevention. 15. Staying Sharp with Mental Exercises. 16. Anti-inflammatories and Alzheimer's. 17. Vitamins May Protect and Why. 18. Supplements: Real hope or empty promises? PART IV. IF YOU HAVE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. 19. Get Help: Alzheimer's Disease Is Treatable. 20. The Future of Alzheimer's Disease. References. Recommended Reading.

About the Author :
Marwan Sabbagh, M.D., a geriatric neurologist and leading expert in Alzheimer's research, founded the Sun Health Research Institute's Cleo Roberts Center for Clinical Research. He is a leading investigator for several prominent national Alzheimer's prevention and treatment trials, including the Alzheimer vaccine studies. He has authored or coauthored more than seventy medical and scientific articles on Alzheimer's research. Dr. Sabbagh is also a staff physician at Boswell Memorial Hospital, where he specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's. He is an adjunct professor at Midwestern University and Arizona State University.

Review :
"This sobering review of the current research on and recommendations for Alzheimer's argues for identifying and combating risk factors decades before symptoms appear." ( Publishers Weekly , December 17, 2007)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470044940
  • Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
  • Height: 236 mm
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy
  • Width: 162 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0470044942
  • Publisher Date: 21 Feb 2008
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Weight: 643 gr


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