Healthy Brain - Questions & Answers: Main Page Question Categories  About Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia  Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias  About The Healthy Brain  Body - Maintenance (Supplements and Medications)  Body - Nutrition  Mind (Mental Fitness)  Spirit (Lifestyle)  Alzheimer Society of British Columbia

ABOUT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA

• What is the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease?
• What causes Alzheimer’s disease?
• If someone shares the same stories repeatedly in social settings, is this a sign that they are developing dementia?
• Questions about getting a diagnosis...
• Questions about Alzheimer’s disease and genetics...
• Are Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias reversible?

RISK FACTORS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS

• Questions about Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes...
• Does too much sleep increase the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease?

ABOUT THE HEALTHY BRAIN

• Can I avoid dementia by keeping my brain fit?
• A question about the book The Okinawa Program...

BODY - MAINTENANCE (SUPPLEMENTS AND MEDICATIONS)

• Questions about medications for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia...
• Is Ibuprofen helpful in delaying Alzheimer’s disease?
• Questions about supplements...
• How can you overcome a dependency on sleep aids?

BODY - NUTRITION

• Questions about the benefits of tea...
• Questions about eating fish...
• Questions about vitamins and herbs...
• Questions about pollutants...
• Can you comment on the book The Brain Diet, by Alan C. Logan?

MIND (MENTAL FITNESS)

• What is a ‘brain tune-up’?
• Questions about memory techniques...
• Questions about brain exercises...
• I know of several university professors who, despite being very intellectually active, developed Alzheimer’s disease. Why did this happen?
• Can you comment on the computer program Brain Age for brain training?
• Why is bridge so helpful for helping to maintain brain health, and why do younger people learn to play games, like bridge, so much more easily?
• Is there any evidence that working later in life helps maintain brain fitness?
• Are there any free computer games or websites that provide good general brain exercises?
• Where can I get more information about the Posit Science brain fitness program?
• I’ve read some info on a book called Neurobics, by Lawrence C. Katz and Manning Rubin. Can you please comment on it?

SPIRIT (LIFESTYLE)

• Is a glass or two of red wine every day good, or bad for my brain?
• Are people who are hard-wired for stress more prone to Alzheimer’s disease?
• Is the negative long-term impact of stress caused by cortisol on the hippocampus reversible? If so, how can it be corrected, and how long does it take?
• Can you please comment on depression and social isolation in relation to Alzheimer’s disease?
• How do you keep the brain focused and alert while trying to deal with information overload in the face of employee shortages?
• Please comment on the value of quiet time (other than meditation) to assimilate new ideas, be creative, and evaluate experiences versus time spent with constant stimulation?
• Questions about the benefits of meditation...
• Questions about Alzheimer’s disease and sexuality...
• Questions about sleep and the healthy brain...

ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

• Can the Alzheimer Society of B.C. refer me to health care professionals who are knowledgeable about supplements (eg naturopaths)?