{"product_id":"dementia-prevention-9781421446257","title":"Dementia Prevention","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorried about memory loss and dementia risk? This new book will show you easy-to-follow steps to keep your brain healthy.   Emily Clionsky, MD, and Mitchell Clionsky, PhD, are a physician and neuropsychologist couple who have cared for their own parents with dementia, created a test used by doctors to measure cognitive function, and treated more than 25,000 patients with cognitive impairment. In Dementia Prevention, they combine the most current scientific findings about Alzheimer's disease and other dementias with their experience to present a practical guide that empowers you to improve your brain's future. This book skips the fads, the unsupported claims of advertised products, and fringe theories. Instead, the authors guide you through a science-based tour of dementia, including how your brain works and how its function is affected by everything from blood circulation and blood pressure to sugar levels, medications, vision, and hearing. You will learn how your activity level, weigh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: An Ounce of Prevention\u003cbr\u003eSection 1: Nature and Origin of Dementia\u003cbr\u003e1. What is Dementia?\u003cbr\u003e2. Normal Cognitive Aging\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Dementia Risk Model\u003cbr\u003e3. Genetics and Early Life Factors\u003cbr\u003e4. Midlife Medical Conditions Impacting Dementia Risk\u003cbr\u003e5. Lifestyle Factors of Smoking, Diet and Exercise\u003cbr\u003e6. Breathing, Sleeping, Breathing While Sleeping\u003cbr\u003e7. Metabolic and Vitamin Deficiencies\u003cbr\u003e8. Alcohol, Drugs, and Medications\u003cbr\u003e9. Sensory and Emotional Factors That Amplify Dementia Risk\u003cbr\u003e10. Putting It All Together in an Interactive Dementia Risk Model\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Where Do You Stand and What You Can Do About It\u003cbr\u003e11. Take the Test: Your Dementia Prevention Checklist\u003cbr\u003e12. Everybody Wants to Feel Better, But Nobody Wants to Change\u003cbr\u003e13. Use Your Brain to Save Your Brain\u003cbr\u003e14. Applying the Change Formula to Your Life\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408148898135,"sku":"9781421446257","price":18.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421446257.jpg?v=1730501769","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dementia-prevention-9781421446257","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}