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Mind

Dementia in Canada and Prevention Tips

Dementia has many dimensions and impacts everyone in different ways. Here are some tips to help keep your brain healthy. When our brain can no longer fight off the various risks to its health, dementia settles in. Alzheimers is a form of dementia and probably the one Canadians are most familiar with. The pandemic hasn’t helped much either with limited access to Long-Term Care facilities and so much time in lockdowns. So what exactly is dementia? It’s not just one disease, it is a series of symptoms that affect our brain function over time. Usually it is characterized by declines in cognitive abilities such as planning; judgement; basic math skills; awareness of our person, place and time. Over time dementia can affect our language functions, mood and behaviour. Causes are thought to be caused by neurodegenerative diseases which affect nerve cells in our brain, vascular diseases that affect our blood

Alex Hurst March 15, 2021

Health

Latest national poll shows primary seniors health issues

Research by the Brain Project shows the top health concerns of Canadian seniors in 2020, including dementia, brain research and residential care. With the impact of COVID-19 on senior living centres across Canada being so high, it’s no surprise that the whole issue of seniors health and care has become increasingly important to Canadians, especially their children who are often left to struggle with maintaining care, contact and negotiating a complex health care system. Recent research released bu the Baycrest Foundation along with support from the Yogen Fruz Brain project highlighted residential care (92%) and dementia (905) as the two primary areas that need to be addressed by governments across Canada. Social Isolation (85% and well-being / lifestyle support (84%) were not far behind. Even younger generations, who were also surveyed, had similar concerns. Where 18-34 years olds (87%) and 35-54 year olds (88%) agreed with the overall findings, especially

Alex Hurst September 10, 2020

Longevity

The journey to enlightenment

Swami Sarvapriyananda is a monk this talk is “the most direct path to Swami Sarvapriyananda is part of a lineage that dates back 2,000 years and more to the foundations of the Hindu religion. Its modern roots trace to Ramakrishna, a 19th century mystic, whose successor Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Order. The former recluse is now in the media spotlight, with videos all over YouTube. His theme: explaining the wisdom of ancient India to modern audiences. The swami is still mild mannered and self-deprecating, seemingly unaffected by the spotlight. The subject of enlightenment.” Who could miss that? He is speaking at Samadhi Yoga House near where I live, in Nova Scotia, as part of the two-month speaking tour he does every year. The head of the Vedanta Center in New York City, he teaches there but most of his time is spent studying and meditating. He is an obsessive

David Holt December 29, 2019