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The Alzheimer's Answer: Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy
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(3 Votes)From Publishers Weekly
This sobering review of the current research on and recommendations for Alzheimer's argues for identifying and combating risk factors decades before symptoms appear. Like other major conditions affected by obesity, high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, among others, Alzheimer's is growing at a rapidly increasing rate. Neurologist Sabbagh has been involved in many important Alzheimer's research trials and founded the Sun Health Research Institute's Cleo Roberts Center, a facility for studying age-related diseases, located in the geriatric community–dense Sun City area of Phoenix. He explains the mechanisms by which the brain undergoes devastating changes that manifest as Alzheimer's; the differences between age-related memory loss, Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia; and ways to assess genetic liabilities and risk factors from lifestyle choices. Although treatment goals and expectations for those with Alzheimer's are modest, Sabbagh says most risk factors can be offset well before retirement age through diet, physical and mental exercise, brain-specific supplements and, in some cases, medications that lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, manage blood sugar and decrease inflammation. Sabbagh covers such concerns as exposure to toxic substances linked to neurological conditions and suggests many potent weapons to counteract development of brain plaque: omega-3 fatty acids, resveratrol, quercetin, folic acid, huperzine A, green tea and curcumin, among others. A guide to symptoms, diagnosis and treatment will prove helpful to patients and their families, while an overview of new drugs that could halt progression and possibly heal damaged brain cells offers hope for the future. (Feb.)
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This sobering review of the current research on and recommendations for Alzheimer's argues for identifying and combating risk factors decades before symptoms appear. Like other major conditions affected by obesity, high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, among others, Alzheimer's is growing at a rapidly increasing rate. Neurologist Sabbagh has been involved in many important Alzheimer's research trials and founded the Sun Health Research Institute's Cleo Roberts Center, a facility for studying age-related diseases, located in the geriatric community–dense Sun City area of Phoenix. He explains the mechanisms by which the brain undergoes devastating changes that manifest as Alzheimer's; the differences between age-related memory loss, Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia; and ways to assess genetic liabilities and risk factors from lifestyle choices. Although treatment goals and expectations for those with Alzheimer's are modest, Sabbagh says most risk factors can be offset well before retirement age through diet, physical and mental exercise, brain-specific supplements and, in some cases, medications that lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, manage blood sugar and decrease inflammation. Sabbagh covers such concerns as exposure to toxic substances linked to neurological conditions and suggests many potent weapons to counteract development of brain plaque: omega-3 fatty acids, resveratrol, quercetin, folic acid, huperzine A, green tea and curcumin, among others. A guide to symptoms, diagnosis and treatment will prove helpful to patients and their families, while an overview of new drugs that could halt progression and possibly heal damaged brain cells offers hope for the future. (Feb.) (Publishers Weekly, December 17, 2007)
11/03/2008
One of the best books written on Alzheimer's disease ... and I've read just about all of them on the market. Dr. Sabbagh gives excellent, clear and concise explanations on what occurs, along with the "how and why" it might occur. He offers many suggestions to ward off this horrendous disease. You don't have to be a physician to understand this book.
Knowing what to expect, when you are a caregiver, really helps. Every caregiver of a loved one with Alzheimer's should read this book!
Until a cure is found, this is a "must read."
08/03/2008
Sabbath, the author, presents many ways for the average American to prevent Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The trick, although it is really not a trick, is too take these suggestions seriously. Even if you are skeptical about taking supplements, you can still eat right, keep your brain and body active, and not smoke to name a few. Learn why these things are so... important in preventing any of the dementias. An educated, proactive person is one of the best defenses against Alzheimer's disease. Discover how to be one by reading this book.
If you know someone already afficted with one of the dementias, read this book because it is never too late to help them.
by Susan Berg author of Adorable Photographs of Our Baby: Meaningful, Mind Stimulating Activities and More for the Memory Challenged, Their Loved Ones, and Involved Professionals
15/02/2008
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, and AD currently afflicts about 5 million people in the U.S. alone. Unfortunately, the number of affected individuals is expected to increase with each passing year. The risk of dementia due to AD increases with advancing age, and certain "worried-well" older individuals often seek medical advice on how to prevent or delay the onset of progressive memory loss. In addition, family members, especially first-degree relatives (siblings and children), of subjects with AD have a higher risk. They too wish to know what they can do to avert the slow-motion catastrophe they are now witnessing, or have witnessed, in their loved one. In The Alzheimer's Answer, Dr. Marwan Sabbagh (with a foreword described in the book). Other advice includes screening and treatment for high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, and sleep disorders. Once memory decline begins, a medication review, and screening for depression, thyroid disorders, and vitamin B12 deficiency become essential. Medical advice and supervision for strategies to prevent head injury (often due to falls in the elderly) and stroke are also recommended as strategies to prevent dementia. Importantly, Dr. Sabbagh brings the reader to the cutting edge of our collective knowledge, and outlines the many gaps that can be filled in only worsening deluge of affected individuals. Much of the advice also leads to "healthy aging" in general. Everyone with a relative or close family member affected -"Dr. Sabbagh has provided a much needed and extremely useful book about a much dreaded disease".
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