Just dance! People with memory loss fall more often and tend to be more socially isolated. But researchers at Wake Forest University and Wake Forest School of Medicine are finding that improvisational dance can help with both problems.
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These lifestyle choices could help prevent Alzheimer's
It's a joke at times: People tend to become forgetful as they get older.
But there is nothing funny about Alzheimer’s disease, an age-related brain condition that gradually destroys a person’s memory and thinking skills. It eventually prevents a person from being able to do simple tasks. Alzheimer’s disease progresses slowly, and the patient’s mental decline usually occurs in three classified stages: an early, preclinical stage with no symptoms, a middle stage with mild cognitive impairment and a final stage of Alzhimer’s dementia.
O. Max Gardner Award: Dr. Ben Bahr
UNC-Pembroke's Dr. Ben Bahr won the UNC System's Oliver Max Gardner award for research findings that could slow or reverse Alzheimer's disease.
Hearing Loss and Dementia
New research suggests seniors with hearing loss are significantly more likely to develop dementia over time than those who retain their hearing.
Week In Review: Spooky Science
UNC-TV Science Week In Review: October 31, 2013
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