Seven Steps to Managing Your Memory

-Memory concerns are common and addressing them in practical terms is rare. Andrew Budson and Maureen O'Connor take on this challenge in Seven Steps to Managing Your Memory, providing understandable real-world advice about how to know if memory is normal or abnormal and how to understand what memory impairment means. Treatment recommendations range from medications used in diseases such as Alzheimer's to lifestyle recommendations including exercise, nutrition, memory fitness, and memory aids. The advice is practical, comprehensible, and valuable - don't forget this book.---Jeffrey Cummings, MD, ScD, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, NV -Memory impairment, caused by brain dysfunction, is a common and terribly disabling disorder. This book provides a comprehensive review of how the brain stores memories, the causes of memory disorders and how these disorders should be evaluated, treated and managed. This book is so clearly written that it provides valuable information and practical advice for people with memory disorders, their families and health-care professionals.---Kenneth M. Heilman, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL -Drs. Budson and O'Connor, experts in behavioral neurology and neuropsychology, have produced a highly readable book on memory disorders and what to do about them. The book combines scientific data from the research literature, clinical knowledge, and their extensive experience to offer a helpful, practical guide to managing concerns that older people may have when their memories start to falter.---Martin L. Albert, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA -This thoughtful book offers insight into how the mind works and provides answers to fears about 'losing our memory'. Through a series of vignettes, the authors help sort fact from fiction and, by the end of the book, the reader will be comforted to learn that being unable to find the keys for the tenth time in a week is likely the result of an overtaxed mind rather than something more serious. In this world of media bombardment and multitasking, here is a book that provides just the reassurance we need. A 'must read' for everyone over the age of 40. Just don't forget to buy it!- --Cecilia McVey, RN, MHA, Certified in Nursing Administration, Boston, MA