Prevention is the only available ‘treatment’ for the mind-robbing diseases of cognitive decline and Dementia. In fact, prevention of Dementia in New England is just as important as preventing other common chronic conditions that come with aging such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. But how? Like these other chronic diseases, regular physical activity plays…
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“It (hearing loss) not only increases age-related memory loss, it increases the incidents of Alzheimer’s disease, so if you can prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease or delay it with good hearing devices, that’s a major public health advance.” -Erik Kandel, Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine What is the Relationship? And…