Dementia News

In a three year study performed by researchers at the Department of Public Health and Center for Healthy Aging
Research at Oregon State University in Corvallis, it was found that people who took ginko biloba regularly lowered
their risk of developing mild memory problems by 68 percent when compared to those who took the placebo.

A US study has confirmed previous reports that increased levels of Omega-3 fatty acids in the blood can lower
risk of dementia. Ome4ag-3 fatty acids lower the rate of mental decline in people and hence the risk of Alzheimer’s
is also lower when DHA is pushed into blood.

Dementia is not inevitable as one ages, but those with dementia can be calmed says a Taiwanese study. The
Chinese technique of acupressure has been studied and found to calm the mind of a patient who tends to become
angry and violent.

It’s not just physical exercise, they say, but mental exercise too that makes us escape Alzheimer’s
or Dementia; but perhaps more of a game of chess or playing the violin.

A new study completed by researchers at UC Davis showed that organic vegetables contain more flavonoids than
their conventionally-grown counterparts. Among other benefits, flavonoids have been shown to offer protection
against dementia, cancer, and heart disease.

Jobs which give you an opportunity to make complex interactions with people and things can save you from Dementia
too, say researchers. Reuter’s health reports that the risk of dementia was reported as less by 34 percent
in people in teaching jobs and 28 percent in farming jobs.

If you can manage more than one language easily after a certain age, when old age is said in, you are at
considerably lower risk to dementia. Your brain probably works hard and keeps it agile while managing two languages
rather than use one language.

Cognitive abilities of human beings are best kept at its peak by making a regular habit of exercise, say experts.
This study presented at the American Psychological Association is all for promoting more physical activity as
you age; they say it keeps you from deteriorating in your mental faculties.

If the Greek students wore wreaths of rosemary while they sat for exams, they had a good reason for it. Recent
researchers now have confirmed what the Greeks practiced was perfectly scientific, and that rosemary has powers
to fight brain damage. The Journal of Neurochemistry has published this report.

Australian researchers after a study have reached a conclusion that three common Chinese herbs in combination
arrests old age symptoms of the brains. Not only is the mental performance enhanced, but better heart health,
lower cholesterol and increased blood circulation in the brain are other results.