Memory

Isn’t it frustrating to walk into a room and wonder what you were going to do there? Or maybe you just can’t think of the name of that guy who you had lunch with only yesterday. He’s a good friend. You’ve know him a long time! Usually if you just relax your mind for a [...]

November is Alzheimer’s awareness month — learn how to protect yourself against the disease with these pointers! Scientists have known for a while that people who exercise do better on memory tests than others. Research from Columbia University, may have answered the question about why exercisers do better on memory tests. This research shows that aerobic [...]

  DATELINE:  PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND AVON, EASTON AND STOUGHTON, MA.                                                                                           On the day of the walk, which is also known as World Alzheimer’s Day, Rochelle Sugarman, a Caregiver Specialist for the Family Caregiver Support Program at OCES will have a resource table set up to provide information on valuable programs [...]

Although Alzheimer is not a much debated disease, studies have placed it now on the spotlight because of the grave effects it has left on those who suffered from it. Varied groups have been said to suffer from this disease an experience that slowly deprive them of their memory away only to have a drastic [...]

Hereâ??s some astonishing Alzheimer’s disease information: nearly 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. And that number is expected to jump to as many as 16 million as baby boomers join the ranks of our senior citizens. You neednâ??t be one of those millions afflicted with Alzheimer’s. Courtesy of the Alzheimerâ??s Research & Prevention Foundation, [...]

Itâ??s a startling fact that more than 5 million people in the U.S. suffer from memory loss. And itâ??s estimated that about 20% of the 78 million members of the now-graying baby boomer generation could develop heart-breaking and irreversible Alzheimer’s disease. The good news is that the prevention of memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease are [...]

My Grandmother was a brilliant, strong woman and she is now suffering from Alzheimer’s. My mother, who is in her forties and has always been a bit forgetful, has recently been getting more forgetful. I, too, am forgetful. I leave my keys in my car, can’t remember where I put my purse, etc. I would [...]