Brain health and Alzheimer’s Disease

<p>*TW*</p><br><p>This is such a trenchant topic and I wanted to cover it for so many reasons.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Most of us get some kind of brain symptom at times but it is short lived, but that is not the case for many people.&nbsp;Alzheimer’s Disease is the commonest form of dementia affecting over 60% of all dementia sufferers worldwide.</p><br><p>This episode looks at the determinants of brain health and the aetiology of Alzheimer’s Disease.</p><br><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><br><p>Facts, figures and information on dementia:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dementia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dementia</a></p><br><p>Food and brain health:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/11-brain-foods" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/11-brain-foods</a>&nbsp;(did not focus on this in the episode but in case you want to know more).</p><br><p>Brain health and food chat with @Doctor_Kitchen:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-doctors/8-eat-to-boost-your-brain-W4eh8cIyNHf/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-doctors/8-eat-to-boost-your-brain-W4eh8cIyNHf/</a></p><br><p>The hippocampus and memory:&nbsp;<a href="https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/alz.12009" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/alz.12009</a></p><br><p>Cognitive stimulation therapy:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5639131/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5639131/</a></p><br><p>Alzheimer’s support:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/</a></p><br><p>101 on Alzheimer’s Disease - what it is and it’s pathology:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-happens-brain-alzheimers-disease" rel="n