Dementia is a significant health concern in the USA, and the number of people affected is substantial and growing. According to various sources, over 7 million Americans are estimated to be living with Alzheimer’s disease (the most common type of dementia) in 2025. This number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million by 2050.

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