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Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A renowned neurologist explains why our routine forgetting-of names, dates, even house keys-is not a brain failure but actually, when combined with memory, one of the mind's most beneficial functions. Who wouldn't want a better memory? Dr. Scott Small has dedicated his career to understanding why memory forsakes us. As director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Columbia University, he focuses largely on patients who experience pathological...
4) High-octane brain: 5 science-based steps to sharpen your memory and reduce your risk of Alzheimer's
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A Harvard- and Yale-trained neuropsychologist outlines a research-supported program for bolstering the memory and protecting the brain from Alzheimer's, drawing on cutting-edge approaches from eight brain-health experts to discuss related nutritional, fitness and preventative therapy options.
Braun presents a program to boost memory and dramatically decrease the risk of Alzheimer's. It features five practical steps: exercise; healthy food; engagement;...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2004
Language
English
Description
A world-renowned neurologist presents the first groundbreaking memory-loss protection plan Millions of aging Americans are afraid of losing their most precious possession, their memory. They are desperate for anything that will help them to regain it. Now, for the first time, The Memory Cure shares the absolute latest that science has to offer in the form of a protection plan.
Dr. Majid Fotuhi, one of the world's foremost experts in the field of...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"These compelling case histories meld science and storytelling to illuminate the complex relationship between the mind of someone with dementia and the mind of the person caring for them. After getting a master's degree in clinical psychology, Dasha Kiper became the live-in caregiver for a Holocaust survivor with Alzheimer's disease. For a year, she endured the emotional strain of looking after a person whose condition disrupts the rules of time,...
Author
Series
Books4pocket. Crecimiento y salud volume 448
Publisher
Ediciones Urano
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
"Jean Carper, periodista especializada en medicina y nutricion con mas de cuarenta anos de experiencia, reune por primera vez las cien estrategias mas eficaces y sencillas para prevenir, ralentizar e incluso disminuir los sintomas del Alzheimer. Con el aumento de las expectativas de vida, las probabilidades de padecer Alzheimer y otras demencias relacionadas con la edad aumentan espectacularmente. Hoy por hoy, sostiene la autora, la prevencion es...
11) Power foods for the brain: an effective 3-step plan to protect your mind and strengthen your memory
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Life & Style
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Could that glass of milk affect your memory? Is that aluminum can increasing your risk for Alzheimer's disease? Can a banana be a brain booster? Everyone knows that good nutrition supports your overall health, but did you know that certain foods can protect your brain and optimize its function? In this book the author has gathered research and studies to deliver a program that can boost brain health, reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease, stroke,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Brain imaging research demonstrates that memory loss actually starts in the brain decades before you have any symptoms. Learn the actions you can take to help not just prevent memory loss later in life . . . but to begin restoring the memory you may have already lost."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Gale/Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
As the bulge of the baby boom reaches middle age and beyond, we are worried about getting old and getting sick. And we are really worried about losing our minds. But while we may not be able to find our keys, our brains still have dazzling talents. In The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain, you'll meet neuroscientists and psychologists who are proving how we have badly underestimated the middle-aged brain
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Harvard-trained psychiatrist, Cornell nutrition specialist, and professional chef shares actionable dietary recommendations and brain-healthy recipes for foods that can support the treatments of common psychological and cognitive health challenges, from anxiety to sleep disorders.
16) Parenthesis
Author
Series
Publisher
Top Shelf, an imprint of IDW publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Judith is barely out of her teens when a tumor begins pressing on her brain, ushering in a new world of seizures, memory gaps, and loss of self. Suddenly, the sentence of her normal life has been interrupted by the opening of a parenthesis that may never close. Based on the real experiences of cartoonist Élodie Durand, Parenthesis is a gripping testament of struggle, fragility, acceptance, and transformation which was deservedly awarded the Revelation...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Language
English
Description
After the author discovered that she had the major susceptibility gene for Alzheimer's, she was determined to find all the latest scientific evidence on how to escape it. She discovered one hundred surprisingly simple, scientifically tested ways to radically cut the odds of developing Alzheimer's, memory loss, and other forms of dementia
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the late 1930s, in asylums and hospitals across America, a group of renowned neurosurgeons worked to develop and refine a new class of brain operation--the lobotomy--that they hoped would eradicate everything from schizophrenia to homosexuality ... The most important test subject to emerge from this largely untold chapter was a 27-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison ... Journalist Luke Dittrich uses his case as a starting point for a...
Author
Publisher
Artisan Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Scientific studies show that the choices we make today about what we eat help determine our mental health as we age. In The Brain Health Kitchen, Dr. Annie Fenn gives readers a guide to preserving cognitive ability through food, with 100 recipes to promote mental acuity. Fenn, a doctor turned chef, has organized the book into 10 chapters representing the most neuroprotective foods: berries, leafy greens, nuts and seeds, beans and lentils, whole grains,...
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