Unless preventative measures are taken a new dementia patient will be diagnosed in Canada every two minutes over the next 30 years.

Dementia Prevention Naturally provides evidence-based natural, healthy lifestyle strategies that can slow progression of cognitive impairment (so you will not develop dementia in your lifetime).

Dr. Felix Veloso is a clinical professor of medicine (Neurology) at the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and of the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Veloso is the founding co-director of the Stroke Clinic of Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region where he has been providing neurological care for the people of Saskatchewan for over 40 years. Dr. Veloso has received numerous research grants and honoraria for participating in clinical research and continuing medical education programs sponsored by several global pharmaceutical companies. He is also a medal-winning marathoner.

 

Felix Veloso, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), F.A.A.N. is a clinical professor of medicine (Neurology) at the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and of the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Veloso is the founding co-director of the Stroke Clinic of Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region where he has been providing neurologic care for the people of Saskatchewan for over 40 years. Dr. Veloso has received numerous research grants and honoraria for participating in clinical research and continuing medical education programs sponsored by several global pharmaceutical companies. He is also a medal-winning marathoner.

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Put off dementia

by RegineGisela

Felix Veloso, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), F.A.A.N. is a Saskatchewan neurologist who has been practicing for over forty years. He is a professor of clinical medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
We are all getting older. “If you live long enough,” writes Dr. Veloso, “you will either develop dementia or care for a loved one with the mind-robbing curse.” This book does not claim to diagnose, cure or treat any disease; rather it suggests strategies that can help keep us cognitively healthy. The book gives definitions and information about various memory impairments, such as Age-Associated Memory Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and disease driven dementias. Statistics, information from patient case studies, as well as data from reports and research studies are provided. Also useful are the notes at the back of the book, as well as a glossary and index.
The reader is taken through some of the tests, evaluation methods, and criteria to detect various forms of cognitive impairment. Questionnaires, a functional activities evaluation, and various medical tests can help determine whether forgetfulness is part of normal aging or dementia. Still, it appears not always easy to make a definitive diagnosis. “Alzheimer’s Disease is dementia without a detected cause.”
On the good news side, “Drs. Deborah Barnes and Kristine Yaffe, scientists from the University of California in San Francisco, reported at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on July 19, 2011 in Paris that seven potentially modifiable risk factors . . . contributed to at least 50% of Alzheimer’s disease.” The risk factors are low education, smoking, physical inactivity, depression, mid-life hypertension, mid-life obesity, and diabetes mellitus.
According to Dr. Veloso, “There is a growing body of evidence that physical exercise acts directly on the brain via neuroplasticity to prevent dementia.” Other suggestions he has for natural ways to defeat dementia include, keeping things simple, not smoking, keeping socially engaged, eating a healthy predominantly plant based diet, protective headgear in certain sports to avoid head injury, continued life-long learning, taking multi-vitamins, maintaining an ideal weight, and getting enough sleep.
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