Alzheimer's slowed by intensive lifestyle changes in trial

medpagetoday.com

A trial led by Dean Ornish, MD, showed cognitive improvement in Alzheimer's patients with mild cognitive impairment or early dementia after a 20-week intensive lifestyle intervention. The intervention group had better scores on cognitive and functional measures compared to the control group. Blood levels of Aβ42/40 and microbiome biomarkers improved in the intervention group. The study suggests lifestyle changes may improve cognition in Alzheimer's patients.


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