The Alzheimer's Answer

Name: The Alzheimer's Answer
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ISBN: 9780470044940

Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy

Marwan Sabbagh

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Wiley
01 February 2008

Medicine; Popular medicine & health

A front-line researcher offers cutting-edge advice on preventing and slowing the progress of Alzheimer's Drawing on the most up-to-date information available on the disease as well as experiences from his clinical practice, Dr. Marwan Sabbagh, a leading expert in Alzheimer's research, translates the current ideas driving Alzheimer's treatment into practical information you can use to determine your risk and develop a prevention strategy. You'll find tools for assessing your personal Alzheimer's risk and ""What You Can Do"" sections to help you keep your brain and body healthy, plus information on the treatment of Alzheimer's and its complications.

Gives you the most up-to-date information on Alzheimer's and Alzheimer's prevention

Written by a neurologist specializing in geriatric neurology and dementia who is one of the country's leading experts in Alzheimer's research

Includes exciting revelations, such as finding that early onset Alzheimer's can be significantly slowed in its progress, giving the patient as many as ten to fifteen added years of quality life There are an estimated 5.2 million people living with Alzheimer's in America today. If you or someone you love is at risk of developing the disease or wishes to slow its advancement, this book will give you vital information to help you reduce risk and safeguard health and quality of life.

By: Marwan Sabbagh
Imprint: Wiley
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9780470044940
ISBN 10: 0470044942
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 February 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marwan Sabbagh, M.D., a geriatric neurologist and leading expert in Alzheimer's research, founded the Sun Health Research Institute's Cleo Roberts Center for Clinical Research. He is a leading investigator for several prominent national Alzheimer's prevention and treatment trials, including the Alzheimer vaccine studies. He has authored or coauthored more than seventy medical and scientific articles on Alzheimer's research. Dr. Sabbagh is also a staff physician at Boswell Memorial Hospital, where he specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's. He is an adjunct professor at Midwestern University and Arizona State University.

Reviews for The Alzheimer's Answer: Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy

""This sobering review of the current research on and recommendations for Alzheimer's argues for identifying and combating risk factors decades before symptoms appear."" ( Publishers Weekly , December 17, 2007)