Dementia prevention: using your head to save your brain

Introduction: An Ounce of Prevention

Section 1: Nature and Origin of Dementia

1. What is Dementia?

2. Normal Cognitive Aging

Section 2: Dementia Risk Model

3. Genetics and Early Life Factors

4. Midlife Medical Conditions Impacting Dementia Risk

5. Lifestyle Factors of Smoking, Diet and Exercise

6. Breathing, Sleeping, Breathing While Sleeping

7. Metabolic and Vitamin Deficiencies

8. Alcohol, Drugs, and Medications

9. Sensory and Emotional Factors That Amplify Dementia Risk

10. Putting It All Together in an Interactive Dementia Risk Model

Section 3: Where Do You Stand and What You Can Do About It

11. Your Dementia Prevention Checklist

12. Everybody Wants to Feel Better, But Nobody Wants to Change

13. Use Your Brain to Save Your Brain

14. Applying the Change Formula to Your Life

Afterword. But what about ...? Bibliography

Index.