29 Best Books for Dementia
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Between Heaven and Hell
- By: David Talbot
- Narrator: Chris Kayser
- Length: 4 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: January 14, 2020
- Language: English
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4.27(35 ratings)
4.27(35 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.95 USDAcclaimed writer, bestselling author, and founder of Salon magazine, David Talbot has brought us masterful and explosive headline-breaking stories for over 25 years with books like the New York Times bestsellers Brothers, The Devil’sAcclaimed writer, bestselling author, and founder of Salon magazine, David Talbot has brought us masterful and explosive headline-breaking stories for over 25 years with books like the New York Times bestsellers Brothers, The Devil’s Chessboard, and nationally recognized Season of the Witch. Now for the first time, journalist and historian David Talbot turns inward in this intimate journey through the life-changing year following his stroke, a year that turned his life upside down, and ultimately, saved him.
In his signature voice and with powerful storytelling, Talbot examines the physical, emotional, and psychological impact his stroke has had on his identity. Along the way Talbot offers readers insider stories on the wild early days of Internet journalism, insights into the new tech culture, the down and dirty of Hollywood, and much more. This is an illuminating, often humorous, portrait of how a health crisis can truly shift one’s perspective on life and purpose.
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Everything Left to Remember
- By: Steph Jagger
- Narrator: Andi Arndt
- Length: 6 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: April 26, 2022
- Language: English
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4.07(345 ratings)
4.07(345 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USD“This audiobook is a touching testament to the power of stories, nature, and love to sustain and connect us.” – AudioFile on Everything Left to Remember BETWEEN TWO KINGDOMS meets WILD. In this heart wrenching and inspirational“This audiobook is a touching testament to the power of stories, nature, and love to sustain and connect us.” – AudioFile on Everything Left to Remember
BETWEEN TWO KINGDOMS meets WILD. In this heart wrenching and inspirational memoir a woman and her mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, embark on a road trip through national parks, revisiting the memories, and the mountains, that made them who they are.
Steph Jagger lost her mother before she lost her. Her mother, stricken with an incurable disease that slowly erases all sense of self, struggles to remember her favorite drink, her favorite song, and–perhaps most heartbreaking of all–Steph herself. Steph watches as the woman who loved and raised her slips away before getting the chance to tell her story, and so Steph makes a promise: her mother will walk it and she will write it.Too aware of her mother’s waning memory, Steph proposes that the two take a camping trip out to Montana–which her mother, on the urging of Steph’s father, agrees to embark upon. An adventure full of horseback riding, hiking, and “tenting” out West quickly turns into one woman’s reflection on childhood, motherhood, personhood–and what it means to love someone who doesn’t quite remember the person she spent her lifetime becoming.
A staggeringly beautiful examination of how stories are passed down through generations and from Mother Nature, Everything Left to Remember brings us the wisdom of who our memories make us under the constellations of the vast Montana sky.
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Memory Rescue
- By: Daniel G. Amen
- Narrator: Daniel G. Amen
- Length: 12 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: November 14, 2017
- Language: English
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4.01(284 ratings)
4.01(284 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDA proven program from #1 New York Times bestselling author and brain researcher Dr. Daniel Amen to help you change your brain and improve your memory today! Brain imaging research demonstrates that memory loss actually starts in the brain decadesA proven program from #1 New York Times bestselling author and brain researcher Dr. Daniel Amen to help you change your brain and improve your memory today! Brain imaging research demonstrates that memory loss actually starts in the brain decades before you have any symptoms. Learn the actions you can take to help not just prevent memory loss later in life . . . but to begin restoring the memory you may have already lost. Expert physician Dr. Amen reveals how a multipronged strategy-including dietary changes, physical and mental exercises, and spiritual practices-can improve your brain health, enhance your memory, and reduce the likelihood that you’ll develop Alzheimer’s and other memory loss-related conditions. Keeping your brain healthy isn’t just a medical issue; it’s a God-given capacity and an essential building block for physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Take action against the fast-increasing memory crisis that threatens this crucial part of who you are-and help your brain, body, and soul stay strong for the rest of your life. Author bio: Dr. Daniel G. Amen is a physician, a double board certified psychiatrist, founder and CEO of Amen Clinics, and a ten-time New York Times bestselling author. He is author of over 30 books including the bestselling Change Your Brain, Change Your Life and The Daniel Plan (with Rick Warren and Mark Hyman). Dr. Amen has written, produced, and hosted nine popular shows about the brain that have aired over 70,000 times across North America. He is a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association who has spoken for the National Security Agency and his work has been featured in outlets including Newsweek, Time, ABC World News, 20/20, BBC, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Men’s Health.”
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Mike & Me
- By: Rosalys Peel
- Narrator: Rosalys Peel
- Length: 8 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.32(32 ratings)
4.32(32 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDMore than three years in the making, this book changes everything for Alzheimer’s couples and caregivers. When her husband, Mike, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Rosalys Peel made a deal with him. Together, they vowed that they wouldMore than three years in the making, this book changes everything for Alzheimer’s couples and caregivers. When her husband, Mike, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Rosalys Peel made a deal with him. Together, they vowed that they would manage Alzheimer’s in their own home and go right on living life as normally as possible for as long as possible. Over the next ten years they found new ways to defy and surpass virtually all the typical Alzheimer’s statistics. Despite Mike’s illness they pursued their dreams, traveled the world, helped raise their granddaughter, maintained their romance, kept Mike on his feet, and found new ways to communicate with their friends, family, and each other. They also saved countless thousands of dollars by doing it in the familiar surroundings of their own home. Through it all Rosalys kept a journal of their discoveries. The result is her inspiring guidebook for Alzheimer’s couples, entitled Mike & Me.
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American Dementia
- By: Daniel R. George
- Length: 16 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: November 09, 2021
- Language: English
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4.78(7 ratings)
4.78(7 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.99 USDFor decades, researchers have chased a pharmaceutical cure for memory loss. But despite the fact that no disease-modifying biotech treatments have emerged, new research suggests that dementia rates have actually declined in the United States andFor decades, researchers have chased a pharmaceutical cure for memory loss. But despite the fact that no disease-modifying biotech treatments have emerged, new research suggests that dementia rates have actually declined in the United States
and Western Europe over the last decade. Why is this happening? And what does it mean for brain health in the future?In American Dementia, Daniel R. George, PhD, MSc, and Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, PhD, argue that the current decline of dementia may be strongly linked to mid-twentieth century policies that reduced inequality, provided widespread access to
education and health care, and brought about cleaner air, soil, and water. They also
* explain why Alzheimer’s disease, an obscure clinical label until the 1970s, is the hallmark illness of our current hyper-capitalist era;
* reveal how the soaring inequalities of the twenty-first century–which are sowing poverty, barriers to health care and education, loneliness, lack of sleep, stressful life events, environmental exposures, and climate change–are reversing the gains of the twentieth century and damaging our brains;
* tackle the ageist tendencies in our culture, which disadvantage both vulnerable youth and elders;
* make an evidence-based argument that policies like single-payer health care, a living wage, and universal access to free higher education and technical training programs will build collective resilience to dementia; and
* promote strategies that show how local communities can rise above the disconnection and loneliness that define our present moment and come together to care for our struggling neighbors.Ultimately, American Dementia asserts that actively remembering lessons from the twentieth century which help us become a healthier, wiser, and more compassionate society represents our most powerful intervention for preventing
Alzheimer’s and protecting human dignity. Exposing the inconvenient truths that confound market-based approaches to memory enhancement as well as broader social organization, the book imagines how we can act as citizens to protect our
brains, build the cognitive resilience of younger generations, and rise to the moral challenge of caring for the cognitively frail.A supplemental PDF is included with this audiobook.
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Slow Dancing with a Stranger
- By: Meryl Comer
- Narrator: Meryl Comer
- Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 13, 2015
- Language: English
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4.04(551 ratings)
4.04(551 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDEmmy-award winning broadcast journalist and leading Alzheimer’s advocate Meryl Comer’s Slow Dancing With a Stranger is a profoundly personal, unflinching account of her husband’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease that serves asEmmy-award winning broadcast journalist and leading Alzheimer’s advocate Meryl Comer’s Slow Dancing With a Stranger is a profoundly personal, unflinching account of her husband’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease that serves as a much-needed wake-up call to better understand and address a progressive and deadly affliction.
When Meryl Comer’s husband Harvey Gralnick was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease in 1996, she watched as the man who headed hematology and oncology research at the National Institutes of Health started to misplace important documents and forget clinical details that had once been cataloged encyclopedically in his mind. With harrowing honesty, she brings readers face to face with this devastating condition and its effects on its victims and those who care for them. Detailing the daily realities and overwhelming responsibilities of caregiving, Comer sheds intensive light on this national health crisis, using her personal experiences–the mistakes and the breakthroughs–to put a face to a misunderstood disease, while revealing the facts everyone needs to know.
Pragmatic and relentless, Meryl has dedicated herself to fighting Alzheimer’s and raising public awareness. “Nothing I do is really about me; it’s all about making sure no one ends up like me,” she writes. Deeply personal and illuminating, Slow Dancing With a Stranger offers insight and guidance for navigating Alzheimer’s challenges. It is also an urgent call to action for intensive research and a warning that we must prepare for the future, instead of being controlled by a disease and a healthcare system unable to fight it.
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Gentle on My Mind
- By: Kim Campbell
- Narrator: Kim Campbell
- Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: June 23, 2020
- Language: English
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4.06(217 ratings)
4.06(217 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDThis audiobook edition features eleven songs, including Nat King Cole’s “Unforgettable,” Ashley Campbell’s “Remembering,” and Glen Campbell’s “Gentle on My Mind.“ The page-turning,This audiobook edition features eleven songs, including Nat King Cole’s “Unforgettable,” Ashley Campbell’s “Remembering,” and Glen Campbell’s “Gentle on My Mind.“
The page-turning, never-before-told story of Kim Campbell’s roller-coaster thirty-four-year marriage to music legend Glen Campbell, including how Kim helped Glen finally conquer his addictions only to face their greatest challenge when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
Kim Campbell was a fresh-faced twenty-two-year-old dancer at Radio City Music Hall when a friend introduced her to Glen Campbell, the chart-topping, Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated entertainer. The two performers from small Southern towns quickly fell in love, a bond that produced a thirty-four-year marriage and three children.
In Gentle on My Mind, Kim tells the complete, no-holds-barred story of their relationship, recounting the highest of highs–award shows, acclaimed performances, the birth of their children, encounters with Mick Fleetwood, Waylon Jennings, Alan Jackson, Alice Cooper, Jane Seymour, and others–and the lowest of lows, including battles with alcohol and drug addiction and, finally, Glen’s diagnosis, decline, and death from Alzheimer’s.
With extraordinary candor, astonishing bravery, and a lively sense of humor, Kim reveals the whole truth of life with an entertainment giant and of caring for and loving him amid the extraordinary challenge of Alzheimer’s disease. This is a remarkable account of enduring love, quiet strength, and never-faltering faith.
Experience the moments in Glen and Kim’s story with photos available in the audiobook companion PDF download.
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The Songaminute Man
- By: Simon McDermott
- Narrator: Simon McDermott
- Length: 6 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Harlequin Audio
- Publish date: September 04, 2018
- Language: English
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4.39(47 ratings)
4.39(47 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDA powerful and emotional memoir about family and memory from the father-son singing sensation whose heartwarming carpool karaoke video took social media by storm.At first, Simon’s beloved father, Ted, suffered sudden bad moods andA powerful and emotional memoir about family and memory from the father-son singing sensation whose heartwarming carpool karaoke video took social media by storm.
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At first, Simon’s beloved father, Ted, suffered sudden bad moods and forgetfulness. Then the diagnosis: Alzheimer’s.
Ted was disappearing from the family, but Simon wanted to hold on to him. While music could bring him back temporarily–the video of the two of them singing along to Ted’s favorite song was a hit around the world–Ted could no longer tell his story.
This is that story.
The Songaminute Man is the heartbreaking, poignant tale of vanishing family memories, a celebration of Ted’s life and a moving account of caring for a truly loved father. -
Where the Light Gets In
- By: Kimberly Williams-Paisley
- Narrator: Kimberly Williams-Paisley
- Length: 5 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.29(3358 ratings)
4.29(3358 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDMany know Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the bride in the popular Steve Martin remakes of the Father of the Bride movies, the calculating Peggy Kenter on Nashville, or the wife of country megastar Brad Paisley. But in 2014, Williams-Paisley revealed aMany know Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the bride in the popular Steve Martin remakes of the Father of the Bride movies, the calculating Peggy Kenter on Nashville, or the wife of country megastar Brad Paisley. But in 2014, Williams-Paisley revealed a tragic secret: her mother had been diagnosed with a rare form of dementia called primary progressive aphasia at the age of sixty-one.
In Where the Light Gets In, Williams-Paisley tells the full story of her mother’s illness, from diagnosis through the present day, drawing on her memories of her relationship with the fascinating, complicated, and successful woman who raised her so well. She describes educating herself on her mother’s condition, letting go of the shame and secrecy that surrounded it, and finding unexpected humor and grace in a terrible situation. Her book also chronicles the ways in which her family’s bond was strengthened by the experience, to becoming an awareness advocate, to accepting the woman her mother has become. It is a heartrending and inspiring reminder of how unbreakable our relationships with our mothers are.
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The Alzheimer’s Solution
- By: Dean Sherzai
- Narrator: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 9 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: September 12, 2017
- Language: English
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4.36(503 ratings)
4.36(503 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDA revolutionary, proven program to prevent Alzheimer’s disease and reverse the symptoms of cognitive decline, from two award-winning neurologists–the co-directors of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterA revolutionary, proven program to prevent Alzheimer’s disease and reverse the symptoms of cognitive decline, from two award-winning neurologists–the co-directors of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
Alzheimer’s disease is devastating, and increasingly widespread. More than forty-seven million people are living with Alzheimer’s worldwide. Ten percent of adults over the age of sixty-five will develop some form of dementia, and doctors predict more than half of adults will be diagnosed with the disease by age eighty-five. Despite the terrifying statistics, the truth is ninety percent of Alzheimer’s cases are preventable through lifestyle factors.
Through rigorous clinical studies and research helping thousands of patients, Dean and Ayesha Sherzai–neurologists, researchers, and co-directors of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles–have uncovered the key lifestyle components contributing to this worldwide epidemic. They’ve also developed a solution–The Alzheimer’s Prevention Program–to help you and your loved ones avoid developing this terrible disease and even reverse cognitive decline.
The human brain is a living universe that responds to what you feed it, how you treat it, when you challenge it, and the ways in which you allow it to rest. This much-needed, revolutionary book shows you how to live in a way that promotes the health of your brain and your body and add vibrant years to your life. With The Alzheimer’s Solution, the future of your cognitive health is now within your control.
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Power Foods for the Brain
- By: Neal D Barnard
- Length: 5 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: February 19, 2013
- Language: English
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4.04(905 ratings)
4.04(905 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.98 USDStrengthen your memory with New York Times bestselling author Dr. Neal Barnard’s simple 3-step plan to protecting your brain with your diet.Could your breakfast or lunch be harming your memory?Are you missing out on the foods that couldStrengthen your memory with New York Times bestselling author Dr. Neal Barnard’s simple 3-step plan to protecting your brain with your diet.... Read more
Could your breakfast or lunch be harming your memory?
Are you missing out on the foods that could prevent Alzheimer’s disease?
Everyone knows good nutrition supports your overall health, but few realize that certain foods-power foods-can protect your brain and optimize its function, and even dramatically reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. Now, New York Times bestselling author, clinical researcher and health advocate Dr. Neal Barnard has gathered the most up-to-date research and created a groundbreaking program that can strengthen your memory and protect your brain’s health.
In this effective 3-step plan Dr. Barnard reveals which foods to increase in your diet and which to avoid, and shows you specific exercises and supplements that can make a difference. It will not only help boost brain health, but it can also reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, and other less serious malfunctions such as low energy, poor sleep patterns, irritability, and lack of focus. You’ll discover:
- The best foods to increase cognitive function
- Dairy products and meats-the dangers they may pose to your memory
- The surprising roles alcohol and caffeine play in Alzheimer’s risk
- The latest research on toxic metals, like aluminum found in cookware, soda cans, and common antacids.
- Plus a detailed menu plan, recipes and time-saving kitchen tips
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A Molecule Away from Madness
- By: Sara Manning Peskin
- Narrator: Ann Richardson
- Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.25(880 ratings)
4.25(880 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDA neurologist regales readers with extraordinary stories of the brain under siege. Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds.A neurologist regales readers with extraordinary stories of the brain under siege.
Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are true accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake, from total loss of inhibitions to florid psychosis to compulsive lying.
Cognitive neurologist Sara Manning Peskin demystifies the most curious neurological phenomena through the perspective of patients, researchers, and science. She introduces us to a woman stuck in the Walking Dead, a family wracked with Alzheimer’s disease, and an entire region gripped by a baffling epidemic. By tracing the molecular causes for neurologic diseases, Peskin highlights cutting-edge developments in cognitive research, making the case that these are the stories that will one day teach us how to cure dementia and other diseases of the brain. A Molecule Away from Madness offers a captivating, singular view of the human brain.
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Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
- By: Jonathan Graff-Radford
- Length: 12 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 06, 2020
- Language: English
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4.14(19 ratings)
4.14(19 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDDementia is a serious health challenge. By some estimates, the number of people living with dementia could triple by 2050. While Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, many related types of dementia also affect adultsDementia is a serious health challenge. By some estimates, the number of people living with dementia could triple by 2050.
While Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, many related types of dementia also affect adults worldwide.
Although the diseases that cause dementia have long been considered unrelenting and incurable, there is hope.This book includes information about:
* What to expect with typical aging
* The earliest signs of abnormal aging
* Features of each stage of the Alzheimer’s disease process
* Features of related dementias, including vascular cognitive impairment and frontotemporal degeneration
* The latest research on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
* How dementia is diagnosed
* How to adjust to a dementia diagnosis
* Overcoming common dementia-related challenges
* Lifestyle factors that have been associated with healthy brain aging
* Living the best life possible as someone with dementia or as a care partnerAre there ways you can lower your risk of dementia? Can dementia be prevented? Can you live well with dementia? If so, how?
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Brain Maker
- By: David Perlmutter
- Narrator: Peter Ganim
- Length: 9 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 28, 2015
- Language: English
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4(5410 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDThe bestselling author of Grain Brain uncovers the powerful role of gut bacteria in determining your brain’s destiny. Debilitating brain disorders are on the rise-from children diagnosed with autism and ADHD to adults developing dementia atThe bestselling author of Grain Brain uncovers the powerful role of gut bacteria in determining your brain’s destiny.... Read moreDebilitating brain disorders are on the rise-from children diagnosed with autism and ADHD to adults developing dementia at younger ages than ever before. But a medical revolution is underway that can solve this problem: Astonishing new research is revealing that the health of your brain is, to an extraordinary degree, dictated by the state of your microbiome – the vast population of organisms that live in your body and outnumber your own cells ten to one. What’s taking place in your intestines today is determining your risk for any number of brain-related conditions.
In Brain Maker, Dr. Perlmutter explains the potent interplay between intestinal microbes and the brain, describing how the microbiome develops from birth and evolves based on lifestyle choices, how it can become “sick,” and how nurturing gut health through a few easy strategies can alter your brain’s destiny for the better. With simple dietary recommendations and a highly practical program of six steps to improving gut ecology, Brain Maker opens the door to unprecedented brain health potential.
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Memory’s Last Breath
- By: Gerda Saunders
- Narrator: Gerda Saunders
- Length: 9 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 13, 2017
- Language: English
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3.42(490 ratings)
3.42(490 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDA “courageous and singular book” (Andrew Solomon), Memory’s Last Breath is an unsparing, beautifully written memoir — “an intimate, revealing account of living with dementia” (Shelf Awareness). Based on theA “courageous and singular book” (Andrew Solomon), Memory’s Last Breath is an unsparing, beautifully written memoir — “an intimate, revealing account of living with dementia” (Shelf Awareness).
Based on the “field notes” she keeps in her journal, Memory’s Last Breath is Gerda Saunders’ astonishing window into a life distorted by dementia. She writes about shopping trips cut short by unintentional shoplifting, car journeys derailed when she loses her bearings, and the embarrassment of forgetting what she has just said to a room of colleagues. Coping with the complications of losing short-term memory, Saunders, a former university professor, nonetheless embarks on a personal investigation of the brain and its mysteries, examining science and literature, and immersing herself in vivid memories of her childhood in South Africa. “For anyone facing dementia, [Saunders’] words are truly enlightening . . . Inspiring lessons about living and thriving with dementia.” — Maria Shriver, NBC’s Today Show
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The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan
- By: David Perlmutter
- Narrator: Peter Ganim
- Length: 7 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 15, 2016
- Language: English
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3.96(662 ratings)
3.96(662 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDThe official guide to Dr. David Perlmutter’s revolutionary approach to vibrant health as described in his New York Times bestsellers Grain Brain, The Grain Brain Cookbook, and Brain Maker. With more than a million copies sold worldwide, Dr.The official guide to Dr. David Perlmutter’s revolutionary approach to vibrant health as described in his New York Times bestsellers Grain Brain, The Grain Brain Cookbook, and Brain Maker.... Read moreWith more than a million copies sold worldwide, Dr. Perlmutter’s books have changed many lives. Now, he’s created a practical, comprehensive program that lowers the risk for brain ailments while yielding other benefits, such as weight loss, relief from chronic conditions, and total body rejuvenation. Science-based and highly accessible, The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan expands upon the core advice from Dr. Perlmutter’s previous works, and introduces new information about the advantages of eating more fat, fewer carbs, and nurturing the microbiome. Including original recipes, tips and tricks for common challenges, meal plans, and advice on everything from sleep hygiene to stress management, exercise, supplements, and more, The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan shows how to live happily and healthily ever after.
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The Theft of Memory
- By: Jonathan Kozol
- Narrator: Sean Runnette
- Length: 6 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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3.5(635 ratings)
3.5(635 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDNational Book Award winner Jonathan Kozol is best known for his fifty years of work among our nation’s poorest and most vulnerable children. Now, in the most personal book of his career, he tells the story of his father’s life and workNational Book Award winner Jonathan Kozol is best known for his fifty years of work among our nation’s poorest and most vulnerable children. Now, in the most personal book of his career, he tells the story of his father’s life and work as a nationally noted specialist in disorders of the brain and his astonishing ability, at the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, to explain the causes of his sickness and then to narrate, step-by-step, his slow descent into dementia.
Dr. Harry Kozol was born in Boston in 1906. Classically trained at Harvard and Johns Hopkins, he was an unusually intuitive clinician with a special gift for diagnosing interwoven elements of neurological and psychiatric illnesses in highly complicated and creative people. “One of the most intense relationships of his career,” his son recalls, “was with Eugene O’Neill, who moved to Boston in the last years of his life so my father could examine him and talk with him almost every day.”
At a later stage in his career, he evaluated criminal defendants, including Patricia Hearst and the Boston Strangler, Albert H. DeSalvo, who described to him in detail what was going through his mind while he was killing thirteen women.
But The Theft of Memory is not primarily about a doctor’s public life. The heart of the book lies in the bond between a father and his son and the ways that bond intensified even as Harry’s verbal skills and cogency progressively abandoned him. “Somehow,” the author says, “all those hours that we spent trying to fathom something that he wanted to express, or summon up a vivid piece of seemingly lost memory that still brought a smile to his eyes, left me with a deeper sense of intimate connection with my father than I’d ever felt before.”
Lyrical and stirring, The Theft of Memory is at once a tender tribute to a father from his son and a richly colored portrait of a devoted doctor who lived more than a century.
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This Is Your Brain on Food
- By: Uma Naidoo
- Narrator: Uma Naidoo
- Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: August 04, 2020
- Language: English
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3.84(2701 ratings)
3.84(2701 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDEat for your mental health and learn the fascinating science behind nutrition with this “must-read” guide from an expert psychiatrist (Amy Myers, MD). Did you know that blueberries can help you cope with the aftereffects of trauma? That... Read moreEat for your mental health and learn the fascinating science behind nutrition with this “must-read” guide from an expert psychiatrist (Amy Myers, MD).Did you know that blueberries can help you cope with the aftereffects of trauma? That salami can cause depression, or that boosting Vitamin D intake can help treat anxiety?
When it comes to diet, most people’s concerns involve weight loss, fitness, cardiac health, and longevity. But what we eat affects more than our bodies; it also affects our brains. And recent studies have shown that diet can have a profound impact on mental health conditions ranging from ADHD to depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, OCD, dementia and beyond.A triple threat in the food space, Dr. Uma Naidoo is a board-certified psychiatrist, nutrition specialist, and professionally trained chef. In This Is Your Brain on Food, she draws on cutting-edge research to explain the many ways in which food contributes to our mental health, and shows how a sound diet can help treat and prevent a wide range of psychological and cognitive health issues.Packed with fascinating science, actionable nutritional recommendations, and delicious, brain-healthy recipes, This Is Your Brain on Food is the go-to guide to optimizing your mental health with food. -
The 30-Day Alzheimer’s Solution
- By: Dean Sherzai
- Narrator: Erin Bennett
- Length: 3 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 23, 2021
- Language: English
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3.79(535 ratings)
3.79(535 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDThe most scientifically-rigorous, results-driven cookbook and nutrition program on the planet, featuring over 75 recipes designed specifically to protect and enhance your amazing brain. Dean and Ayesha have spent decades studying neuro-degenerativeThe most scientifically-rigorous, results-driven cookbook and nutrition program on the planet, featuring over 75 recipes designed specifically to protect and enhance your amazing brain.
Dean and Ayesha have spent decades studying neuro-degenerative disease as Co-Directors of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Hospital. The results of a rigorous nutrition program on the lives of their patients has been astounding. It starts by implementing the “Neuro Nine” foods into your diet every single day. In just thirty days, and with the help of the 75+ easy to make and delicious meals you’ll find in this book, you can boost the power of your brain, protect it from illness, and jumpstart total body health, including weight loss and improved sensory ability and mobility.
In The 30-Day Alzheimer’s Solution, Dean and Ayesha offer an action-oriented cookbook for preventing disease and propelling results like improved mental agility, short- and long-term memory, sharpness, and attention. Let this be the first 30 days of the rest of your life.
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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrator: David Morse
- Length: 2 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.32(50793 ratings)
4.32(50793 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USDA little book with a big heart–from the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious People.“I read this beautifully imagined and moving novella in one sitting, utterly wowed, wanting to share it with everyone IA little book with a big heart–from the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious People.
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“I read this beautifully imagined and moving novella in one sitting, utterly wowed, wanting to share it with everyone I know.” –Lisa Genova, bestselling author of Still Alice
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, and Anxious People comes an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man’s struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, and his family’s efforts to care for him even as they must find a way to let go.
With all the same charm of his bestselling full-length novels, here Fredrik Backman once again reveals his unrivaled understanding of human nature and deep compassion for people in difficult circumstances. This is a tiny gem with a message you’ll treasure for a lifetime. -
Move the Body, Heal the Mind
- By: Jennifer Heisz
- Narrator: Jennifer Heisz
- Length: 6 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 08, 2022
- Language: English
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3.79(499 ratings)
3.79(499 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDA noted neuroscientist reveals groundbreaking research on how fitness and exercise can combat mental health conditions such as anxiety, dementia, ADHD, and depression, and offers a plan for improving focus, creativity, and sleep. Jennifer HeiszA noted neuroscientist reveals groundbreaking research on how fitness and exercise can combat mental health conditions such as anxiety, dementia, ADHD, and depression, and offers a plan for improving focus, creativity, and sleep.
Jennifer Heisz shares paradigm-shifting research on how exercise affects the brain, finding that intervals of intense workouts, or even leisurely walks, help stop depression and dementia, lessen anxiety and ADHD, and encourage better sleep, creativity, and resilience. Physical inactivity is the greatest risk factor contributing to dementia and anxiety—it’s as much a factor as genetics. In addition, exercise’s anti-inflammatory properties make it the most effective treatment strategy for those who are depressed and don’t respond to anti-depressants. The book focuses on overcoming inertia; using exercise to help fight addictions; how we can improve our memory with fitness even as we age; and, importantly, how exercise can help us sleep better, improve focus, and be more creative. Included are easy to use plans for unique aerobic and resistance workouts designed to strengthen the brain.
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Eat to Beat Disease
- By: William W Li
- Narrator: Peter Ganim
- Length: 13 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 19, 2019
- Language: English
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3.96(2254 ratings)
3.96(2254 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.98 USDEat your way to better health with this New York Times bestseller on food’s ability to help the body heal itself from cancer, dementia, and dozens of other avoidable diseases. Forget everything you think you know about your body and food, andEat your way to better health with this New York Times bestseller on food’s ability to help the body heal itself from cancer, dementia, and dozens of other avoidable diseases.
Forget everything you think you know about your body and food, and discover the new science of how the body heals itself. Learn how to identify the strategies and dosages for using food to transform your resilience and health in Eat to Beat Disease.
We have radically underestimated our body’s power to transform and restore our health. Pioneering physician scientist, Dr. William Li, empowers readers by showing them the evidence behind over 200 health-boosting foods that can starve cancer, reduce your risk of dementia, and beat dozens of avoidable diseases. Eat to Beat Disease isn’t about what foods to avoid, but rather is a life-changing guide to the hundreds of healing foods to add to your meals that support the body’s defense systems, including:- Plums
- Cinnamon
- Jasmine tea
- Red wine and beer
- Black Beans
- San Marzano tomatoes
- Olive oil
- Pacific oysters
- Cheeses like Jarlsberg, Camembert and cheddar
- Sourdough bread
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The book’s plan shows you how to integrate the foods you already love into any diet or health plan to activate your body’s health defense systems-Angiogenesis, Regeneration, Microbiome, DNA Protection, and Immunity-to fight cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative autoimmune diseases, and other debilitating conditions.
Both informative and practical, Eat to Beat Disease explains the science of healing and prevention, the strategies for using food to actively transform health, and points the science of wellbeing and disease prevention in an exhilarating new direction. -
Day-to-Day Living With Dementia
- By: Angela M. Lunde, M.A.
- Length: 4 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 18, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0012.99 USDCaring for someone with dementia can be a challenging, heartbreaking experience … but it can also be rewarding, fulfilling and meaningful. Most dementia caregivers find that the first, and sometimes most difficult step, is accepting theCaring for someone with dementia can be a challenging, heartbreaking experience … but it can also be rewarding, fulfilling and meaningful.
Most dementia caregivers find that the first, and sometimes most difficult step, is accepting the diagnosis and adjusting to a new normal. In Day to Day: Living With Dementia, Angela Lunde, M.A., an expert in dementia care at Mayo Clinic, helps
you take that first step and chart your path toward living well, even in the face of dementia.For over 20 years, Ms. Lunde has made it her mission to improve emotional wellbeing and quality of life for those living with dementia and their care partners.
This book gives you the research-backed strategies Ms. Lunde applies in her work every day.
Day to Day: Living With Dementia will help you:
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* Acknowledge and work through difficult emotions
* Find helpful resources for practical and emotional support
* Understand what someone with dementia may be thinking and feeling
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A Deeper Perspective on Alzheimer’s and other Dementias
- By: Megan Carnarius
- Narrator: Megan Carnarius
- Length: 9 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.17(4 ratings)
4.17(4 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDSoul-searing, life-testing situations have what some call “fall-out blessings.” The book is about understanding some of the deeper lessons we are exposed to through caring for individuals with Alzheimer’s and other types ofSoul-searing, life-testing situations have what some call “fall-out blessings.” The book is about understanding some of the deeper lessons we are exposed to through caring for individuals with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia.
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We all want a cure. But in the meantime, while this illness is still with us, how can we create a quality of life for each person in each stage of the disease? How can we look deeper into situations that, at first glance, look hopeless and destructive in order to find opportunities for insight, inspiration, and great understanding of ourselves and those we love? How can we allow the full measure of the experience to unfold and be felt with as much of ourselves as we can bring to bear? This book will help people caring for those going through the difficult dementia journey find a way, through the tumultuous waves, to remain awake and open to the blessing of a journey that opens the heart, nurtures compassion, and ultimately enables each of us to be better human beings. It is also for those brave individuals living with memory loss illnesses, so that they be supported and allowed to live their experience fully in their own unique way, to express themselves, to love and be loved, and to be sheltered from harm–that with each stage of the progression, those around the person with dementia find ways to emphasize the loved one’s remaining strengths rather than spotlight their weaknesses. A person with dementia has a whole and well spirit and, in the broadest sense, their brain is a vehicle of self-expression; it does not define their essence. Finally, this book addresses head on the final stage of the disease, when the brain has exhausted all its compensatory ability and the individual is no longer able to take part in regular day-to-day life. At this advanced stage of the disease process, people with dementia are in a deep, internal state that caregivers generally cannot access and share. It can be a very disheartening time. This internal state separates the person with dementia from those around them; however, rather than thinking of it as a prison wall separating the person with dementia from the caregiver, it may be more helpful to think of the person having retreated into a cloistered existence for a while, affording them the time needed by the soul to attend to deeper aspect of the self on a spiritual level. This phase also allows those around the person to honor the vessel, or body, that has housed the loved in in this life and prepare to let them go. When ready the individual will know the time to leave, and if allowed, will let go. Coming from a rich professional background in caring, Megan Carnarius clearly outlines the different stages of dementia and highlights many practical aspects of dementia care, suggesting accessible tools for family and professionals alike. She also addresses the more subtle, spiritual dimensions of this illness with much compassion and understanding, offering new insights into areas that have not been explored in other books on the disease. -
High-Octane Brain
- By: Michelle Braun
- Narrator: Anne Cross
- Length: 7 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 05, 2020
- Language: English
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3.84(60 ratings)
3.84(60 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDAmerican adults fear Alzheimer’s more than any other disease (including cancer), and because many people do not realize there is no genetic cause for 99 percent of Alzheimer’s cases, they do not take the necessary steps to changeAmerican adults fear Alzheimer’s more than any other disease (including cancer), and because many people do not realize there is no genetic cause for 99 percent of Alzheimer’s cases, they do not take the necessary steps to change lifestyle factors shown to significantly protect against the disease. In this book, board-certified neuropsychologist Dr. Michelle Braun inspires listeners to make lasting improvements by understanding the truth about brain health and provides expert guidance through the maze of conflicting media advice on supplements, brain games, nutrition, and exercise. She interviews eight leading brain-health experts, combining their insights with cutting-edge research to offer proven strategies to implement the five steps of the High-Octane Brain. Interactive exercises guide listeners to develop a personalized program for optimal brain health. Dr. Braun provides a tracking system with a visual depiction of progress and shows the High-Octane Brain plan in action through the lives of clients. Packed with valuable tips that can be implemented immediately to minimize common “brain blips,” exercises to boost memory within minutes, and inspiring insights from nine High-Octane-Brain role models ages 44 to 103, this groundbreaking book will finally put the future of your brain in your control.
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Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth
- By: Frank Cottrell Boyce
- Narrator: Peter Capaldi
- Length: 5 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Walden Pond Press
- Publish date: August 27, 2019
- Language: English
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4.25(5 ratings)
4.25(5 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDA one-of-a-kind story of heart, humor, and finding one’s place in the universe. Prez knows that the best way to keep track of things is to make a list. That’s important when you have a grandfather who is constantly forgetting. AndA one-of-a-kind story of heart, humor, and finding one’s place in the universe.
Prez knows that the best way to keep track of things is to make a list. That’s important when you have a grandfather who is constantly forgetting. And it’s even more important when your grandfather can’t care for you anymore and you have to go live with a foster family out in the country.
Prez is still learning to fit in at his new home when he answers the door to meet Sputnik–a kid who is more than a little strange. First, he can hear what Prez is thinking. Second, he looks like a dog to everyone except Prez. Third, he can manipulate the laws of space and time. Sputnik, it turns out is an alien, and he’s got a mission that requires Prez’s help: the Earth has been marked for destruction, and the only way they can stop it is to come up with ten reasons why the planet should be saved.
Thus begins one of the most fun and eventful summers of Prez’s life, as he and Sputnik set out on a journey to compile the most important list Prez has ever made–and discover just what makes our world so remarkable.
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Diet for the MIND
- By: Dr. Martha Clare Morris
- Narrator: Deanna McGovern
- Length: 6 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 26, 2017
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDFrom the creator of the MIND diet, the authoritative guide to eating for a healthy brain and optimal cognitive function. Several factors play into whether you will suffer from cognitive decline and develop Alzheimer’s disease —From the creator of the MIND diet, the authoritative guide to eating for a healthy brain and optimal cognitive function.... Read moreSeveral factors play into whether you will suffer from cognitive decline and develop Alzheimer’s disease — lifestyle, health conditions, environment, and genetics, for example. But now there is scientific evidence indicating that diet plays a bigger role in brain health than we ever thought before.
In Diet for the MIND, one of the leaders in this research provides an easy, non-invasive, and effective way to prevent cognitive decline and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease through diet and lifestyle. There are specific foods and nutrients that are important for keeping the brain functioning optimally, and also foods to limit because they can cause brain injury. With 80 delicious recipes for every occasion, Diet for the MIND is your roadmap to a healthy brain — for life.
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Biohack Your Brain
- By: Kristen Willeumier
- Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 7 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 29, 2020
- Language: English
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3.94(403 ratings)
3.94(403 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDA neuroscientist’s groundbreaking, science-driven plan for revitalizing, nourishing and rejuvenating your most essential asset–your brain. Your brain is the most essential organ in your body. The brain and spinal cord are intimatelyA neuroscientist’s groundbreaking, science-driven plan for revitalizing, nourishing and rejuvenating your most essential asset–your brain.
Your brain is the most essential organ in your body. The brain and spinal cord are intimately connected to every bodily system and organ, so when it is balanced everything in your body and mind will function more efficiently. It’s vitally important to take proactive steps now, or you risk losing everything, including your ability to think clearly, be creative, remember details, solve problems and retain your memory.
In Biohack Your Brain, leading neuroscientist Dr. Kristen Willeumier reveals how you can change your brain by making simple and easy modifications to your lifestyle. Combining clinical experience with revolutionary science, she details how biohacking your brain can boost your cognitive performance and so much more.
Dr. Willeumier’s essential guidebook shows you the most effective techniques to prevent memory loss and neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease–and even how to overcome negative thoughts and stress. Through research and case studies, you’ll learn how to upgrade your nutritional choices along with the effective use of supplements, brain games, and physical activity to overcome cognitive damage, whether it’s from previous injuries, such as a concussion or a bad fall or from the effects of living in modern day times.
Dr. Willeumier shares her own story alongside those from the NFL players and other clients she has worked with to help you leverage the latest research to find personal solutions. Biohack Your Brain teaches you how to take better care of your brain, and also how to release excess weight, enhance your memory, increase your energy and vitality in order to create the best health and life possible.
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Fragile Brain
- By: Scientific American
- Narrator: Suzie Althens
- Length: 7 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.35(17 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDBrain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s affect an estimated one in six Americans and are increasing in incidence as the population ages. In this audiobook, we examine these and other conditions involving the damage and loss ofBrain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s affect an estimated one in six Americans and are increasing in incidence as the population ages. In this audiobook, we examine these and other conditions involving the damage and loss of neurons, including other forms of dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and multiple sclerosis (MS).
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