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How to Prevent Alzheimer's: Physical Activity and Cognitive Decline- FORD BREWER MD MPH

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Channel: Dr. Ford Brewer MD MPH · 2017 · Science & Technology

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ABOUT THIS VIDEO:
On Dec 17, 2017 the Annals of Internal Medicine published a series of meta-analyses on prevention of cognitive decline/ Alzheimer'shttp://www.dssimon.com/MM/ACP-dementia/Physical_Activity_to_Prevent_Cognitive_Decline.pdf

These reviews were greeted and hailed with the editorial quote, "Finally someone had the guts to admit we don't know how to prevent Alzheimer's."  I'd say, "not so fast". 
Review of the details of this study make it clear. There is hope. But there needs to be an entire lifestyle, for decades, including exercise, diet, control of bp and diabetes, etc. It's not entirely clear what all needs to be included, but it's clear that: 
1. this is long-term - not 6 months
2. this is multi-system - not a "silver bullet" approach;
3. More work needs to be done. Things like IR have not been clearly defined yet.

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