The Conenction between Sleep Apnea and Alzheimer's Risk

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us The Conenction between Sleep Apnea and Alzheimer's Risk Do you snore or stop breathing while you sleep? Find out what recent research in the journal of Neurology concluded about sleep apnea and Alzheimer's, and how you can reverse this potential risk.   Esther Heerema, MSW Alzheimer's/Dementia Expert How Sleep Apnea Increases Your Risk of Alzheimer's A review of multiple studies concludes that sleep apnea may increase your risk of dementia. However, it also identified a treatment that may minimize this risk... Read more   READ NOW Share What Is the SAGE Test and Is It Accurate in Identifying Dementia? If you're concerned about your own memory or that of a loved one, here's a quick test that's been reviewed and tested by researchers and can be administered in the comfort of your own home... Read more   READ NOW Share 10 Causes of Potentially Reversible Dementia Symptoms Think someone you love has Alzheimer's or a type of dementia? Could be, but it's also possible they have a condition that causes symptoms that mimic dementia but, if treated appropriately, could be reversed. Here are 10 conditions to consider... Read more   READ NOW Share Effects of Dementia on Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Practical tips for IADLs-- Are you familiar with instrumental activities of daily living- things like paying bills, cooking and maintaining a home? Instrumental ADLs require higher cognitive abilities to perform independent living tasks. Here's how dementia affects this ability & several specific ways you can help... Read more READ NOW Share What Is Dementia? You may have heard the terms frequently, but do you know how they're different from each other? Read more   READ NOW Share Research: What Can Standing on 1 Leg Predict about Your Brain? Got balance? Great! Here's how standing on one leg can lower your risk of dying from Alzheimer's disease... Read more READ NOW Share Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Alzheimer's/Dementia newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved