Age-Proof Your Mind: Detect, Delay, and Prevent Memory Loss--Before It's Too Late - Softcover

Tan MD MPH, Zaldy S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446695920 ISBN 13: 9780446695923

Publisher: Grand Central Life & Style, 2006

Synopsis

- Age-Proof Your Mind is the first book to provide a comprehensive method for readers to test their memory. The groundbreaking Memory Stress Test can help readers detect memory problems before it's too late. - With more than four million Americans suffering from Alzheimer's, and millions more from degenerative brain disorders, there is a large audience eager for the information in this book. - Other titles on Alzheimer's and preventing memory loss are strong sellers. The Memory Bible (Hyperion, 2002) has sold close to 50,000 hardcover copies, Brain Longevity (Warner, 1999) has sold close to 70,000 copies combined, and The 36 Hour Day (Warner, 1992; revised and updated, 2001) has sold nearly 400,000 copies in all editions. - Dr. Tan is the director of the Memory Disorders Clinic at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School Division on Aging. He is also a researcher at the MIT AgeLab. His research has received national and international coverage, and he speaks regularly on Alzheimer's disease and memory improvement techniques.

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About the Author

ZALDY S. TAN, MD, MPH, is the director of The Memory Clinic at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School Division on Aging. He is also a researcher at the MIT AgeLab and a research investigator at the Framingham Heart Study.

From Publishers Weekly

Whether readers experience occasional lapses ("Where did I put my car keys?" "Why did I open this closet door?") or are concerned about a family tendency toward Alzheimer's, Tan offers information, exercises, resources and advice to help them sort out whether their memory loss is minor or indicates a deeper problem. The author, who directs a Boston memory disorders clinic, explores the connection between diet and memory and explains the effects Vitamin E, estrogen and alcohol may have on the brain. Some of his advice may seem standard (get fit, eat healthy foods, reduce stress), but other suggestions (ibuprofen and other anti-inflammatory medicines may help prevent Alzheimer's) will likely pique interest. Tan offers a test for readers to check their mental mettle; they can repeat it later to check their progress. The author also provides tips for improving short-term memory, information about Alzheimer's research, a detailed list of clinical trials and even recipes featuring foods high in brain-boosting antioxidants. And while Tan doesn't shy away from noting that mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, can sometimes be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease, his message is empowering: "Making certain lifestyle changes that can decrease the levels of brain... inflammation and sustain intellectual activity may be able to alter the course of MCI."
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Edition details

• Publisher: Grand Central Life & Style
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0446695920
• ISBN 13: 9780446695923
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304