Well | Vitamin D Tied to Alzheimer’s Risk – New York Times (blog)

Well | Vitamin D Tied to Alzheimer's Risk
New York Times (blog)
It found that compared with those who had vitamin D levels of 50 or more nanomoles per liter, those with levels of 25 to 50 had a 53 percent increased risk for all-cause dementia and a 69 percent increased risk for Alzheimer's disease. People with

Vitamin D Deficiency More Than Doubles Risk of Alzheimer’s – The Epoch Times


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Vitamin D Deficiency More Than Doubles Risk of Alzheimer's
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Among those who were moderately deficient in vitamin D, for instance, a 53 percent increased risk of general dementia was observed. And specifically for Alzheimer's, those with moderate vitamin D deficiency were found to be 69 percent more likely to …
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Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Friends information session at South Derbyshire … – Burton Mail

Alzheimer's Society Dementia Friends information session at South Derbyshire
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A FREE session by the Alzheimer's Society Dementia Friends will be taking place to help people understand the condition. The one-hour session aims to show people the small things they can do to help someone living with dementia including information on …
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Entia Biosciences’ supplements could prevent dementia – Pharmaceutical Business Review


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Entia Biosciences' supplements could prevent dementia
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In an August 2014 study conducted at the University of Exeter, a team of international researchers found that vitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in older people. Study participants
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Understanding more about dementia – WZZM


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Understanding more about dementia
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Mike Faber of the Older Learner Center at Grand Rapids Community College visited WZZM 13 News at Noon to dispel some of the misconceptions surrounding dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, affecting …

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease – HCPLive

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease
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During follow-up, the researchers discovered 171 and 102 participants had developed dementia and Alzheimer's disease, respectively. Persons with low concentrations of vitamin D were 53% more likely to develop any kind dementia. For individuals with a …

Memory care centers: Meeting Alzheimer’s and dementia patients where they are – Kansas City Star


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Memory care centers: Meeting Alzheimer's and dementia patients where they are
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The Wexford Place Memory Support facility for people with dementia and Alzheimer's disease has opened at 6460 N. Cosby Avenue in Kansas City, North. Throughout the center there are "destination stations" designed to stimulate residents' memories.

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Health Column: Treating Alzheimer’s dementia with medications – Glenwood Springs Post Independent

Health Column: Treating Alzheimer's dementia with medications
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
A radiant, smiling grandpa is frolicking with his grandchildren on a sunny, wildflower-covered hillside. In the television version, serene violin music wafts in the background. This is the unrealistic gist of the ads for the two most commonly

Music & Memory program brightens lives of Alzheimer’s, dementia patients – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Music & Memory program brightens lives of Alzheimer's, dementia patients
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As if the gray-haired, bespectacled Alzheimer's patients sitting in wheelchairs around her were audience members at Carnegie Hall. The impromptu performance kicked off during breakfast at Lasata Care Center. Irene had been listening to Sinatra on an

The One Exercise to Avoid

It’s true that exercise will always lower the risk of dementia. But for one type of person, a particular kind of exercise may actually increase the risk of dementia. Anyone suffering from hypertension must avoid high-impact sports, largely because the intense physical activity will put more strain on the blood vessels. The issue with high blood pressure isn’t just that the number are too high, it’s what the numbers indicate – and they indicate the blood vein walls take a pounding each time the heart pumps blood throughout the body, especially the brain.

The blood veins in the brain are so delicate that even without hypertension, people take care not to endure physical trauma to their heads. With hypertension, that physical trauma is silently taking place inside the head. 

The obvious types of high-impact sports include intense cardiovascular workouts, but one that escapes people’s attentions is isometrics. Isometrics are any activity that require muscles to be “strained”, acting against other muscles or a fixed object. In other words, weightlifting is a form of isometrics. So are non-weightlifting forms such as flexing muscles. This may be disappointing news for people who want to form contoured muscles, but if they have high blood pressure and are continuing to do isometrics – all that work may actually be shortening their quality of life. After all, it’s a shame to achieve something if one can’t remember it.

Take care of the hypertension first with diet and gentler forms of exercise. Then move on to isometrics.