Love Your Liver and Keep it Healthy
MAY 19, 2025Your liver does so much for the body. As a filter and processing plant, it helps break down toxins, helps store energy and more. It's time to show it some love!
Read MoreWe all worry about becoming more forgetful as we age, but Alzheimer’s dementia isn’t a normal part of aging. Understanding this condition is important so you can catch early signs in yourself or loved ones, and take action.
Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) is a degenerative brain disease and accounts for 60-80% of dementia cases. It is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in older adults. It’s different from dementia, which is a general term for loss of language, memory, problem-solving and other thinking abilities (cognitive abilities) that are severe enough to impair daily life and independent function.
Several factors can cause Alzheimer’s dementia. These include:
The speed of disease progression varies with each person, but symptoms of AD generally worsen over time.
This usually develops in later stages and includes:
Diagnosing Alzheimer’s dementia is a multi-stage process that includes:
Treatment of Alzheimer’s dementia is advancing with new medications, but none of the available medications cure the disease. It’s important to have realistic expectations about the potential benefits of medication therapy and work toward improving quality of life. Alzheimer’s dementia can be a life-changing condition that affects the entire family.
There’s much you can do now to help keep your brain healthy, including eating a healthy diet, avoiding alcohol and tobacco, exercising both the body and mind and staying socially active.
Reach out to a CHI Health provider for more information.
Your liver does so much for the body. As a filter and processing plant, it helps break down toxins, helps store energy and more. It's time to show it some love!
Read MoreWhether it's a lack of motivation, feeling overwhelmed, or simply having a loss of appetite, nourishing yourself can feel impossible when you're already struggling.
Read MoreA stroke is a medical emergency and needs quick treatment to help reduce damage to the brain.
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