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The Alzheimer's Answer : Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy
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The Alzheimer's Answer : Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy Hardcover - 2008 - 1st Edition

by Sabbagh, Marwan

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A front-line researcher offers cutting-edge advice on preventing and slowing the progress of Alzheimers and keeping the brain active and healthy.

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  • Title The Alzheimer's Answer : Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy
  • Author Sabbagh, Marwan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, John, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2008-02-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP32023450
  • ISBN 9780470044940 / 0470044942
  • Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.44 x 6.28 x 1.07 in (23.98 x 15.95 x 2.72 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Library of Congress subjects Self-care, Health, Alzheimer's disease - Prevention
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007044823
  • Dewey Decimal Code 616.831

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Summary

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 ...

From the publisher

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.

From the jacket flap

The question Dr. Marwan Sabbagh, a leading expert in Alzheimer's research, hears most often is, "Are there things I can do to keep from getting Alzheimer's disease?" Now he responds in The Alzheimer's Answer, a complete guide to the latest information on preventing and slowing the progress of Alzheimer's. Drawing upon the most up-to-date information available on the disease as well as experiences from his clinical practice, Dr. Sabbagh translates the current ideas driving Alzheimer's treatment into practical information you can use to determine your risk and develop a prevention strategy.

Dr. Sabbagh begins by exploring exactly what Alzheimer's is and how it's related to dementia. You'll receive a set of tools for assessing your personal Alzheimer's risk, and you'll see why the author asserts that preventing Alzheimer's is a reasonable goal. Special "What You Can Do" sections and personal recommendations give you clear actions to follow to keep your brain and your body healthy and to reduce your Alzheimer's risk. Then Dr. Sabbagh addresses the treatment of Alzheimer's and its complications, outlining the available therapies as well as their advantages and downsides. He also takes a close look at promising new developments and forthcoming treatments.

With The Alzheimer's Answer, you'll discover how to:

Assess your chances of getting Alzheimer's and reduce your risk factors

Exercise your way to preventing the disease

Follow a brain-healthy diet and manage your cholesterol

Stay sharp with mental exercises

Find support should you or a loved one have Alzheimer's

Whether or not you have a family history of Alzheimer's, it is important to take the steps available to you now to reduce your risk.

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 12/17/2007, Page 49

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.

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