Defeating Dementia: What You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Other Forms of Dementia

Richard MD Furman Facs

ISBN 10: 0800735404 / ISBN 13: 9780800735401

Published by Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group 2019-05-01, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Defeating Dementia: What You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Other Forms of Dementia
• Publisher: Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group 2019-05-01
• Publication Date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0800735404
• ISBN 13: 9780800735401
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Dementia. It's one of the most dreaded conditions we face as we age. Many people claim they would rather be diagnosed with cancer than dementia or Alzheimer's. What many don't realize is that dementia is not a forgone conclusion as we get older. Our own lifestyle choices and habits can have a significant impact--for good or ill--on our chances of developing the disease. And that means there's hope.

Drawing from the latest medical research, Dr. Richard Furman helps readers understand dementia and Alzheimer's and shows them how to make three powerful lifestyle changes that can help decrease the probability of developing this disease. He explains how eating the right foods, exercising, and sustaining an ideal weight can dramatically reduce the likelihood of developing dementia in the first place, and even how it can slow the progression of the disease in someone who has already received a diagnosis.

About the Author

Richard Furman, MD, FACS, spent more than thirty years as a vascular surgeon. The author of Prescription for Life and Your Cholesterol Matters, Furman is past president of the North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, past president of the North Carolina Surgical Society, and a two-term governor of the American College of Surgeons. He is cofounder of World Medical Mission, the medical arm of Samaritan's Purse, and is a member of the board of Samaritan's Purse. He lives in Boone, North Carolina.