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The Alzheimer's answer : reduce your risk and keep your brain healthy / Marwan Noel Sabbagh.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2008.Description: xii, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780470522455 (pbk.)
  • 9780470044940 (cloth)
  • 0470044942 (cloth)
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WT155
Contents:
Pt. 1. Preventing Alzheimer's? -- Alzheimer's disease -- Alzheimer's and the brain -- Is preventing Alzheimer's disease really possible? -- Pt. 2. Real risks -- Your Alzheimer's IQ: know your risk -- Diabetes -- Body weight and obesity -- Stroke, cerebrovascular disease, and heart disease -- Cognitive killers -- Blood pressure and hypertension -- Estrogen, and hormone replacement therapy -- Pt. 3. Real recommendations -- Eating your way out of Alzheimer's -- Red wine and other alcoholic beverages -- Managing your cholesterol and lipids -- Exercising your way toward prevention -- Staying sharp with mental exercises -- Anti-inflammatories and Alzheimer's -- Vitamins may protect and why -- Supplements: real hope or empty promises? -- If you have Alzheimer's disease -- Get help: Alzheimer's disease is treatable -- The future of Alzheimer's disease.
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"An expert's guide to preventing alzheimer's"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-298) and index.

Pt. 1. Preventing Alzheimer's? -- Alzheimer's disease -- Alzheimer's and the brain -- Is preventing Alzheimer's disease really possible? -- Pt. 2. Real risks -- Your Alzheimer's IQ: know your risk -- Diabetes -- Body weight and obesity -- Stroke, cerebrovascular disease, and heart disease -- Cognitive killers -- Blood pressure and hypertension -- Estrogen, and hormone replacement therapy -- Pt. 3. Real recommendations -- Eating your way out of Alzheimer's -- Red wine and other alcoholic beverages -- Managing your cholesterol and lipids -- Exercising your way toward prevention -- Staying sharp with mental exercises -- Anti-inflammatories and Alzheimer's -- Vitamins may protect and why -- Supplements: real hope or empty promises? -- If you have Alzheimer's disease -- Get help: Alzheimer's disease is treatable -- The future of Alzheimer's disease.

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