<emph type="ital">Ginkgo biloba</emph> for Preventing Cognitive Decline in Older Adults<subtitle>A Randomized Trial</subtitle>

Ginkgo biloba for preventing cognitive decline in older adults: a randomized trial.

CONTEXT The herbal product Ginkgo biloba is taken frequently with the intention of improving cognitive health in aging. However, evidence from adequately powered clinical trials is lacking regarding its effect on long-term cognitive functioning. OBJECTIVE To determine whether G. biloba slows the rates of global or domain-specific cognitive decline in older adults. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTI...

Preventing cognitive decline through diet.

fact, people are always in pursuit of diets that are effective and easy to follow. Studies show that the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH diet) and The Mediterranean diet are beneficial for weight loss, glycaemic control in diabetics, primary prevention in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, a decrease in the mortality rate and slower cognitive decline i...

Preventing cognitive decline in preclinical Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease leading to cognitive decline, dementia, and ultimately death. Despite extensive R&D efforts, there are no diseases modifying treatments for AD available. The stage in which patients receive a clinical diagnosis of probable AD may be too late for disease modifying pharmacotherapy. Prevention strategies may be required to successfull...

Cognitive decline in an older physician.

Predicting cognitive decline in healthy older adults.

OBJECTIVE Authors performed a neuropsychological determination of which individuals in a group of community-dwelling, healthy elderly volunteers would develop cognitive decline. METHODS A group of 155 volunteers reporting good memory and thinking participated in a prospective study over 4 years. Authors monitored cognitive functioning and incidence of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)/Alzheimer...