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19 12, 2022

Detecting Dementia During the Holidays
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Detecting Dementia During the Holidays

Alzheimer's and Dementia, Caregivers, Education

Detecting Dementia During the Holidays

By Cole Archer|2022-12-19T15:39:49+00:00December 19, 2022|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Caregivers, Education|Comments Off on Detecting Dementia During the Holidays

Celebrating holidays means celebrating family. What a wonderful time for families to listen, and to collect stories from their Parents and Grandparents. This magical time is also a wonderful opportunity to detect troubles with short-term memory, and if present, seek help early on. Thankfully, our brains tend to hold onto long term memories like our childhood and early adulthood quite well. However, confusion about things that happened today, yesterday, last week, and last month are often the earliest sign of a dementing process. According to Alzheimers.gov the following symptoms are [...]

26 09, 2022

Gamer Grandparents: How gaming helps stimulate the brain for dementia patients.
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Gamer Grandparents: How gaming helps stimulate the brain for dementia patients.

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Gamer Grandparents: How gaming helps stimulate the brain for dementia patients.

By Cole Archer|2022-09-26T18:34:09+00:00September 26, 2022|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Caregivers, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Gamer Grandparents: How gaming helps stimulate the brain for dementia patients.

You may not realize it, but the boomer generation invented computerized games. In 1952 the first graphic-based computer tic-tac-toe game was invented by a Cambridge Ph.D. student A.S. Dougless. Dougless, however, was not credited with the first real video game, the honor is given to William Higinbotham who created “Tennis for Two” in 1958. These two games inspired others to create even more complex games such as “SpaceWar” in 1962 by Steve Russell and “Chase” in 1967 by Ralph Baer. The first arcade games were created in 1971 by [...]

20 10, 2021

Help yourself, Help your family, Help the next generation!
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Help yourself, Help your family, Help the next generation!

Alzheimer's and Dementia, Community Outreach, Education

Help yourself, Help your family, Help the next generation!

By Cole Archer|2021-10-20T14:50:33+00:00October 20, 2021|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Community Outreach, Education|Comments Off on Help yourself, Help your family, Help the next generation!

Participate in Alzheimer’s Prevention and Treatment Research: Columbus Memory Center is fortunate to have Columbus, and Columbus is fortunate to have Columbus Memory Center. Offering the same FDA approved trials as Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, Emory, and other major institutions, the partnership between our regional community and Columbus Memory Center is making a difference. If you have a family history of Dementia, carry the gene that can put you at high risk, or have been diagnosed with Dementia, Alzheimer’s or Mild Cognitive Impairment, consider participating in Clinical Research. Research [...]

17 06, 2021

CMC gives the first infusion by a non-university based medical practice
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CMC gives the first infusion by a non-university based medical practice

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CMC gives the first infusion by a non-university based medical practice

By Cole Archer|2021-07-23T17:52:58+00:00June 17, 2021|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Health and Wellbeing, Research|Comments Off on CMC gives the first infusion by a non-university based medical practice

"We finally have a drug available for Alzheimer’s disease that modifies and slows the illness" - Dr. Jonathan Liss For Immediate Release, June 17, 2021 Columbus, GA – Columbus Memory Center (CMC) is excited to announce the first infusion of the new Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, by a non-university based medical practice. This milestone also represents the first infusion of this FDA approved therapy for Alzheimer’s disease in the Southeastern United States and only the second patient to be treated in the country. The patient, and his family, wish to [...]

10 06, 2021

A Giant Step Forward in the Fight to Eliminate Alzheimer’s Disease
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A Giant Step Forward in the Fight to Eliminate Alzheimer’s Disease

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A Giant Step Forward in the Fight to Eliminate Alzheimer’s Disease

By Cole Archer|2021-07-23T17:57:17+00:00June 10, 2021|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Health and Wellbeing, Research|Comments Off on A Giant Step Forward in the Fight to Eliminate Alzheimer’s Disease

FDA instituted its Accelerated Approval Program for Biogen's Aduhelm (aducanumab) This week, the FDA approved Aduhelm (aducanumab), “the first novel therapy approved for Alzheimer’s disease since 2003.” Columbus Memory Center is proud to have played an important role in aducanumab’s journey to FDA approval and will continue research for this and many other drugs that will aid in our fight to end Alzheimer’s disease. “This is a major moment in medical history. It is a moment I have been working towards for 30 years. [...]

11 05, 2021

A Mediterranean Diet, according to researchers, could reduce risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia
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A Mediterranean Diet, according to researchers, could reduce risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia

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A Mediterranean Diet, according to researchers, could reduce risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia

By Cole Archer|2021-07-28T19:44:31+00:00May 11, 2021|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Health and Wellbeing|Comments Off on A Mediterranean Diet, according to researchers, could reduce risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia

A delicious way to fight memory loss. We are sure you have seen this headline floating around the internet, the Mediterranean Diet that may reduce or prevent memory loss. Is there science to back the claim? The answer is a surprising, Yes! Out of all the diets out there, however, why is the Mediterranean Diet so much more effective? The Mediterranean diet leans heavily on healthy fats found in Olive oil and Fish. With the Mediterranean Diet, meals are built around vegetable and fruits while [...]

2 04, 2021

Walk to Better Brain Health
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Walk to Better Brain Health

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Walk to Better Brain Health

By Cole Archer|2021-07-14T20:41:42+00:00April 2, 2021|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Health and Wellbeing|Comments Off on Walk to Better Brain Health

Taking a walk is good for you and now believed to improve brain health University of Texas, Dallas, (with partnering institutions) completed a year long study comparing adults, middle-aged and older, who have been diagnosed with light to medium memory decline. This research took two groups; one group began an exercise regimen of mostly walking while the other did light stretching. As a result, the group who walked performed better in certain critical thinking skill exercises than the second group of stretchers. Researchers believe that blood flow [...]

1 04, 2021

Columbus Laughs Day, April 30, 2021
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Columbus Laughs Day, April 30, 2021

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Columbus Laughs Day, April 30, 2021

By Cole Archer|2021-07-14T20:41:54+00:00April 1, 2021|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Community Outreach, Health and Wellbeing|Comments Off on Columbus Laughs Day, April 30, 2021

Feel happier, more energetic in just six minutes by laughing with us, April 30, Columbus Laughs Day! This Laughing Yoga Exercise Webinar Is To raise awareness of Brain and Mental Health. Columbus, GA – Depression, anxiety, and stress are commonplace in our society, being further exacerbated by the COVID 19 pandemic, and possibly linked to an increase risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. Columbus Memory Center has a plan; let’s laugh our way to better Brain and Mental health through Laughing Yoga exercises. Columbus Memory Center, in [...]

18 03, 2021

A Glowing Review of Dr. Liss and his Colleagues
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A Glowing Review of Dr. Liss and his Colleagues

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A Glowing Review of Dr. Liss and his Colleagues

By Cole Archer|2021-07-14T20:42:14+00:00March 18, 2021|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Research|Comments Off on A Glowing Review of Dr. Liss and his Colleagues

The Journal of Internal Medicine recently published an editorial, “Alzheimer’s disease in primary care: new tools for improved and simplified diagnostics,” by H. Zetterberg and E. Stomrud, that gives high praise to our own Dr. Liss. Liss and his colleagues participated in the paper “Practical Recommendations for Timely, Accurate Diagnosis of Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease (MCI and Dementia) in Primary Care: A Review and Synthesis,” which was published in mid-January in the same journal. Zetterberg and Stomrud call the paper a “must-read for any clinician caring for patients in mid- to [...]

10 03, 2021

Racial disparities in memory related healthcare
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Racial disparities in memory related healthcare

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Racial disparities in memory related healthcare

By Cole Archer|2021-07-14T20:42:27+00:00March 10, 2021|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Community Outreach, Research|Comments Off on Racial disparities in memory related healthcare

The Alzheimer’s Association produced a troubling report that outlines racial disparities in memory related health care. As a nation, we must do better to eliminate these differences in care. Columbus Memory Center is blessed to employ a multi-racial staff and takes great pride in treating every family with dignity and respect. While our diverse patient population, and associated kind comments, leads us to believe that we have earned the trust of the entire community, we will continue to work hard in maintaining this excellence. From a research standpoint, it is [...]