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Yoga for People with Alzheimer’s is Showing Quality of Life Benefits

It wasn't the sight of today's movie stars trotting off to yoga classes taught by gurus, that got me into yoga. Most of those folks weren't even born when I began my yoga journey back in the mid-70s.   I suffered from severe migraines. As a person who'd been born limber, I hadn't considered it necessary to do much to stay that way, but I... Read moreChevron
posted 10/06/2008, comment (1)|
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Exercise Improves Cognitive Function - But Only a Tiny Bit!

Researchers from the University of Melbourne, Australia, found that people who participated in a home-based physical activity program, experienced a modest improvement in their cognitive function (i.e memory , problem solving). However, according to an editorial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the problem with the... Read moreChevron
posted 09/03/2008, comments (0)|
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Exercise May Cut Alzheimer’s Risk

  Research published in the July 15 edition of the Medical Journal of Neurology, shows that people with Alzheimer's who are less fit have four times more signs of brain shrinkage than those who are fit.   The research team lead by Jeffrey M. Burns, MD, of the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City and members of the... Read moreChevron
posted 07/15/2008, comments (0)|
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My mother--Exercise may slow Alzheimer's brain atrophy

When my mother first showed signs of dementia she was falling down almost daily. Then she fell and broke her finger. My mother who a year earlier could walk 15 blocks without any real problem could no longer walk a block. I knew I had to do something. While I was trying to decide what to do her health care provider (Humana) began offering a free... Read moreChevron
posted 07/15/2008, comments (0)|
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Is Heart-Healthy Good for the Brain?

  Gloom and doom over the "tsunami" of baby boomers that is going to overwhelm everything from health care to the swimming pool is in the news daily. In fact, I'm getting pretty sick of being associated with a tsunami, but I'd better get used to it. When a phrase gets picked up that is dramatic and rolls of the tongue like that, it's not... Read moreChevron
posted 07/03/2008, comment (1)|
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