What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about (tm): Alzheimer's Disease The Complete Guide to Preventing, Treating, and Coping with Memory Loss

Name: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about (tm): Alzheimer's Disease The Complete Guide to Preventing, Treating, and Coping with Memory Loss
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ISBN: 9780446691888

ISBN-10: 0446691887

ISBN-13: 9780446691888

Edition: 2004

Authors: Gayatri Devi, Deborah Mitchell

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More than four million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease. Often feared, yet little understood, this debilitating illness presents complex challenges for both sufferers and their caregivers. Now Dr. Gayatri Devi, a leading Alzheimer's expert, offers a groundbreaking program that can help prevent memory loss in healthy people-and slow the progress of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients. Drawing on conventional and complementary approaches, she gives you the very latest information on diagnosis, treatment, and living successfully with this disease. Book jacket.

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication date: 11/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction



Alzheimer's Disease and the Brain



The Brain, Memory, and Alzheimer's Disease



Could It Be Alzheimer's Disease?



Causes of and Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease



Uncovering Alzheimer's Disease



A Pound of Prevention



Living, Really Living, with Alzheimer's Disease



Brain Boosters: An Exercise Program for Mental Fitness



A Pharmacological Approach



Complementary and Hormone Therapies



Stimulating the Senses



When Alzheimer's Isn't the Only Health Concern



Dealing with Challenging Behaviors



Coming to the Aid of Caregivers



Looking Ahead: The Future of Alzheimer's Disease


Glossary


References and Suggested Readings


Appendix


Index


About the Author