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b'Expert in brain preservation,\\xa0Emily\\xa0Clionsky, MD, discusses how to stack the dementia deck in your favor by reading and following the prescription in\\xa0Dementia Prevention:Using Your Head to Save Your Brain.
Worried about memory loss and dementia risk? This new book will show you easy-to-follow\\xa0steps to keep\\xa0your brain healthy. DEMENTIA PREVENTION: Using Your Head to Save Your Brain, by Emily\\xa0Clionsky,\\xa0MD, and Mitchell\\xa0Clionsky, PhD. In\\xa0dementia Prevention, they combine the most current scientific findings about\\xa0Alzheimer\'s disease and other dementias with their experience to you through a science-based tour of dementia, including how your brain works and how its function is affected by\\xa0everything from blood circulation and blood pressure to sugar levels, medications, vision, and hearing. You will learn how\\xa0your activity level, weight, habits, mental outlook, and social engagement may affect your likelihood of developing\\xa0dementia. Dementia Prevention\\xa0provides a dementia risk checklist to better understand your personal risk profile to help you on your\\xa0journey. The authors\' training and experience as behavioral scientists will help you set better goals, identify roadblocks to\\xa0success, and overcome these obstacles. Forgetfulness and confusion are not an inevitable part of growing older \\u2014 you can\\xa0make changes to keep your brain working well into your 70s and beyond. From how you breathe while you sleep to what\\xa0you do socially and physically every day.'