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Preventing Alzheimer's : ways to help prevent, detect, diagnose, treat, and even halt Alzheimer's disease and other causes of memory loss / William Rodman Shankle, Daniel G. Amen.

Shankle, William Rodman. (Author). Amen, Daniel G. (Added Author).

Summary:

"In Preventing Alzheimer's, Drs. William Rodman Shankle and Daniel Amen introduce the concept of Prevention Through Delay to battle the devastation that Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (ADRD) can wreak on individuals and their families. By revealing how to obtain an early diagnosis and discover effective treatment, Shankle and Amen demonstrate how to delay or prevent the ravaging effects of Alzheimer's for as long as possible. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 0399531602
ISBN: 9780399531606
Physical Description: xiv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: Perigee trade paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Penguin Group, [2005]
Copyright: ©2005

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. A Perigee book.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The power of "prevention through delay" -- The healthy brain -- Seven ways to lose your mind : how memory loss starts -- Know your risk : the Shankle-Amen early dementia detection questionnaire -- Reduce your risk -- Steps to prevention -- Finding the right diagnosis -- Treatment for mild memory loss and early Alzheimer's and related disorders -- Treatments for the future -- For caregivers and their families : resources.