Healthy habits in midlife may help delay onset of cognitive decline

LAS VEGAS — To slow or stave off symptoms relating to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, individuals should make healthy habits a priority early in life, according to a presenter at BRAINWeek 2022.
“How can we forestall the effects of Alzheimer’s disease?” Gary Small, MD, chair of psychiatry at Hackensack University Medical Center, asked during his presentation. “This is something that is affecting all of us — our own aging and memory concerns and also those of relatives and friends.”
Small used the example of Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 in

LAS VEGAS — To slow or stave off symptoms relating to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, individuals should make healthy habits a priority early in life, according to a presenter at BRAINWeek 2022.
“How can we forestall the effects of Alzheimer’s disease?” Gary Small, MD, chair of psychiatry at Hackensack University Medical Center, asked during his presentation. “This is something that is affecting all of us — our own aging and memory concerns and also those of relatives and friends.”
Small used the example of Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 in