Share on PinterestLifestyle changes in key areas may help delay cognitive decline, according to a new trial. Maskot/Getty Images A program of exercise, nutrition, cognitive and social challenges, and health coaching resulted in improved cognition scores for people at risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The two-year trial involved lifestyle changes only, without added

She’s also hoping these changes could help prevent her from rapid cognitive decline or developing Alzheimer’s, a progressive brain disorder that gradually impairs thinking, behavior, and memory. The study she participated in found that targeted lifestyle interventions could help protect brain health. Get Rhode Map A weekday briefing from veteran Rhode Island reporters, focused on

Lifestyle changes can significantly improve cognition in older adults at risk of cognitive decline, according to landmark research into how exercise, diet and other lifestyle interventions affect the progression of cognitive diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia.  The researchers presented the findings of the Alzheimer’s Association’s U.S. Study to Protect Brain Health Through Intervention to Reduce

Two lifestyle interventions tested in a newly publicized study improved cognition in older adults who were at risk of cognitive decline, and one of them protected cognition from normal age-related decline for up to two years. Results of the Alzheimer’s Association’s US Study to Protect Brain Health Through Lifestyle Intervention to Reduce Risk, or US

Facebook Tweet Email Link As her memory faded from Alzheimer’s disease in her late 50s, Tammy Maida began to lose track of her life. Car keys, eyeglasses and her purse disappeared multiple times a day. Key characters in novels she was reading were forgotten. Groceries were left in the garage. Keeping the books for the