I share this at the request of the great people of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine.
This talk by Dr. James Joseph was recorded at their conference in Baltimore, in 2008. Dr. Joseph passed recently, and we are fortunate to have this lecture as a small piece of his legacy.
It is a timeless lecture and I highly recommend you listen to it. You wil also be very entertained.
I promise. [click to read more…]
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For the first time, we might actually be able to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease before someone dies. Yesterday’s New York Times featured a huge breakthrough in the diagnosis of this disease.
A company called Avid, has found a dye that attaches itself to the specific amyloid plaque that causes Alzheimer’s disease. This dye can be detected using a PET scan.
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We have the secrets of getting old and living well. Here are some of them. [click to read more…]
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Aubrey de Grey: Why we age and how we can avoid it.
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One way therefore to engage the brains of people who suffer from Alzheimer’s is by using art. Art is a whole brain activity, whether you are perceiving art, or producing art. And engaging the whole brain enriches the lives of everybody, including those who have Alzheimer’s disease.
That is the remarkable lesson I am learning from the preview of a new documentary: I Remember Better when I Paint.
“The creative arts bypass the limitations and they simply go to the strengths.” That is the best line I have heard in a long time. [click to read more…]
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The seeming age-related atrophy in gray matter more likely reflected pathological changes in the brain that underlie significant cognitive decline than aging itself, the authors wrote. As long as people stay cognitively healthy, the researchers believe that the gray matter of areas supporting cognition might not shrink much at all. ”If future longitudinal studies find similar results, our conception of ‘normal’ brain aging may become more optimistic,” said lead author Saartje Burgmans.
The belief that healthy older brains are substantially smaller than younger brains may stem from studies that did not screen out people whose undetected, slowly developing brain disease was killing off cells in key areas, according to new research. As a result, previous findings may have overestimated atrophy and underestimated normal size for the older brain. [click to read more…]
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If you want to stay young, healthy and keep your brain intact, try doing volunteer work. Several recent research studies have shown that volunteer work improves the way your brain works. It can also make you less frail.
And don’t wait until you are old. What you do in midlife can make a tremendous difference later in your life. People in midlife who use their brains in a wide variety of ways, who keep learning new stuff, solve problems and do these things with others, have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease when they get to be old.
You know what else is important: having a purpose in life. Do you know why you get up in the morning? Do you feel your life makes a difference? [click to read more…]
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To visit a local toastmasters group, visit here: http://toastmasters.org/ [click to read more…]
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