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Brain Health

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Part 12 · 16 questions

Protecting Your Brain

  • A population model links about 45 percent of dementia to potentially modifiable factors; that is not an individual prevention guarantee.
  • Blood pressure, hearing, sleep, and exercise are the strongest levers.
  • Not all memory loss is dementia. Check B12, thyroid, medications, and sleep first.
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Part 7 · 9 questions

Sleep, Stress, and Mood

  • Seven to eight hours, at the same times every day.
  • Alcohol and late caffeine are the usual thieves.
  • Sedation is not sleep. For chronic insomnia, the proven treatment is CBT-I.

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