Defeating Dementia: What You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Other Forms of Dementia

Richard MD Furman Facs

ISBN 10: 0800735404 / ISBN 13: 9780800735401

Published by Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group 2019-05-01, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Defeating Dementia: What You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Other Forms of Dementia
• Publisher: Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group 2019-05-01
• Publication Date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0800735404
• ISBN 13: 9780800735401
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Many people claim they would rather be diagnosed with cancer than dementia or Alzheimer's. What they may not realize is that decreased or impaired brain function is not a foregone conclusion as we get older. Our own lifestyle choices and habits can have a significant impact--for good or ill--on our brains. And that means there's hope.

Drawing from the latest medical research, Dr. Richard Furman helps readers understand brain health and shows them how to make three powerful lifestyle changes that can help decrease the probability of developing dementia or Alzheimer's. He explains how eating the right foods, exercising, and sustaining an ideal weight can dramatically reduce the likelihood of developing brain disorders in the first place, and even how those habits can slow the progression of dementia in someone who has already received a diagnosis.

About the Author

Richard Furman, MD, FACS, spent more than 30 years as a vascular surgeon. The author of Prescription for Life, Winning Your Blood Sugar Battle, and A Healthy Brain for Life, Furman is past president of the North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, past president of the North Carolina Surgical Society, and a two-term governor of the American College of Surgeons. He is cofounder of World Medical Mission, the medical arm of Samaritan's Purse, and is a member of the board of Samaritan's Purse. He lives in North Carolina.