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Estimates vary, but experts suggest that more than 5.5 million Americans, most of them age 65 or older, may have dementia caused by Alzheimer’s (NIH fact sheet 6/17/2020), (www.nih.gov). Combining more healthy lifestyle behaviors was associated with a substantially lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease in a study that included data from nearly 3,000 research participants. Those who adhered to four or all of the five specified healthy behaviors were found to have a 60% lower risk of Alzheimer’s. The behaviors…..
Our Brain Power (Brin Powr) has incredible potential unless it isn’t working to its full capacity. According to WebMD.com your brain uses 20% of our body’s oxygen and calories. This idea aligns with the fact that there are 86 billion nerve cells in the brain. A brain impulse travels from one nerve cell to another at 268 mph – faster than a race car. Our brain can hold 1 petabyte of memory which is about the same storage capacity as…..
Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 60% of dementia and it’s fatal. 40% with early-onset Alzheimer’s exhibit apathy about their life and condition. Dementia is a nonreversible decline in mental function – it’s an umbrella term under which Alzheimer’s falls. 14 million – the number of American’s expected to have Alzheimer’s by 2050. To be called dementia, the disorder must be severe enough to interfere with daily life according to Constantine George Lyketsos, M.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Memory and Alzheimer’s…..
Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative brain disease characterized by progressive mental deterioration and memory loss. (Merrian-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus.) When I read this statement a quote comes to mind. “O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!” Walter Scott may not have been thinking of Alzheimer’s when he coined the phrase. Unfortunately, and ironically, this quote seems appropriate for Alzheimer’s, especially when referring to the tangles forming in our brains from the accumulation of dead…..