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Aging

Information concerning aspects of the human aging process, including it’s affect on brain health and mental agility.
Distilled: Tips for Healthy Aging

Standalone page version of post distilling tips for aging well from many different web pages.
Organizations

Agencies providing aging-related services.
Links Contributing To Distilled: Tips for Healthy Aging

List of links used to create Distilled: Tips for Healthy Aging.
Alzheimers

Links to material on Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia.
Amelioration/Prevention

From physical exercise and yoga to diet to coffee to mental exercise: what might help prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s.
Speaking Two Languages

The benefits of speaking two languages for holding back the onset of dementia.
Sites for Learning Languages

Some sites assisting the learning of a language.
Caffeine

The emerging values of caffeine and coffee for both dementia and life in general.
Vitamins & Select Foods

Using vitamins and various foods to fight off dementia.
Coping & Caregivers

Stories and info about dealing with Alzheimer’s.
Coping Stories

Real stories about dealing with Alzheimer’s, as victim and as caregiver.
Caregivers

Resource info and point-of-view articles about caring for Alzheimer’s patients.
Diagnosis & Tests

Info on promising methods for diagnosis of dementia and Alzheimer’s in particular.
Epidemiology

Info on the rate of incidence of dementia.
Mental Exercise

Articles about brain exercises and dementia, and pointers to sites providing some exercises.
Neurology & Neuroplasticity

Neuroscience articles, with special emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease.
Progression & Distribution

Articles on how Alzheimer’s disease progresses in an individual, and how it tends to be distributed in the population.
Risk Factors

Links to articles and studies about factors possibly placing one at risk for Alzheimer’s or other dementias.
Genetics

Articles about specifically genetic factors than can place one at risk.
Treatment

Links to articles about possible therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Drugs

Studies of drug trials aimed at therapies for Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
General & Resources

Warning signs, and a broad resource page.
Organizations

Various educational, referral, and research Alzheimer’s-related organizations.
General

Other uncategorized articles relating to Alzheimer’s.
Chemo Brain

Also called chemo fog; Links to material on the mental effects (concentration and memory problems) of cancer chemotherapy.
Health

Links to material on general health, diet, and physical exercise, and their affect on brain health and mental agility.
Diet

Information on studies of how diet affects health, in particular brain health, as well as longevity.
Physical Exercise

Material on the effects of physical exercise for preserving brain health.
Mental Agility

Links to material on mental agility and brain health.
Brain Exercises & Driving

Links to studies showing that brain exercises can aid elderly drivers.
Research

Links to research papers concerning mental agility.
Neuro-Psych

Links to material on neurology, neuroscience, and psychology.
Kawashima

Links to papers by the Kawashima research group, was well general information about the group and it work that led to the original “Brain Age” craze.
Books

A selection of books dealing with brain health and related topics.