Links
Informational Links on Alzheimer’s & Resources for the Aging Population:
- The Alzheimer's Association
- The Alzheimer's Forum
- The National Institute on Aging's Alzheimer's website
- MayoClinic.com Alzheimer's Resource page (www.mayoclinic.com/health/alzheimers-disease/DS00161)
- MayoClinic.com Mild Cognitive imparement page
(www.mayoclinic.com/health/mild-cognitive-impairment/DS00553) - The Center for Successful Aging
Links related to the programs offered at CFIT:
- BrainFit: Music Therapy
Music therapy helps patients sing words they can't speak -
Music Therapy
Opens a Path to the Past for Alzheimer's Patients - BodyFit: Tai Chi
- BrainFit: Art Therapy
- Cognitive Challenges - Cognifit
Cognifit offers personalized mental workout programs which are used by CFIT. Explore their site to learn more about them and to try out demos of their software. - TechFit - Google Health Link
- Genetic Testing - Navigenics
- Memory Archiving - LifeChronicles
- Healing Garden Architecture Services- Toyon Studios
Any garden can be transformed into a functional healing garden. Having a comfortable, safe, therapeutic outdoor environment at home will help keep the client and their family at ease while dealing with these trying times. Toyon Studio will work with the client, his or her family and the center for Cognitive Fitness and Innovative Therapies (CFIT) to create an aesthetically pleasing, therapeutic and safe outdoor living environment.
Cognitive Fitness Links:
- Sharp Brains
- Happy Neuron
- Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator
- Marbles: The Brain Store.
A retail outlet for a multitude of cognitive products.
Articles Featuring CFIT: (click to expand)
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...Channel City Club Event Photos
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Alzheimer Research Forum Features CFIT
New Clinic for All Your Cognitive Needs - CFIT is featured in Outside Magazine
CFIT is featured on the December 2008 issue... -
CFIT was recently featured in an article on the Alzheimer's Research Forum website (http://www.alzforum.org/new/detail.asp?id=2074 ) in conjunction with their interview of Dr. Ken Kosik ( http://www.alzforum.org/res/for/interview/kosik.asp ).
- Short Video
The following is a short video with insights from Dr. Kosik explaining the genesis of CFIT through the personal story of Bill and Marty Mowry.
Previous News & Information Items: (click to expand)
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What Exercise Can Make You Smarter?
Physical Exercise shown to Improve Cognition... Mediterranean Diet & Exercise Lowers Risk
Recent JAMA Articles report Lower Alzheimer's Risk-
Amyloid Deposits
May Predict Risk for Alzheimer's Disease... -
Protein Changes in Heart
Alzheimer's Disease & Chronic Heart Failure -
Brain Fitness and Healthcare Expenses
Study Shows Average $244/person/year Savings -
"Can Memory Loss be Prevented?"
A New York Times article from The New Old Age series -
NIA On Preventing Alzheimer's:
A publication from The National Institute on Aging -
AAA Senior Safety and Mobility website
A Great Resource for Senior Drivers. -
From WebMD: Health News
Brain Exercises May Delay Memory Loss -
From NPR: Audio & Article
To Keep Your Brain Nimble As You Age, Stretch It -
UCSB Scientists Make Headway in Understanding Alzheimer's Disease
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that a protein called BAG2 is important for understanding Alzheimer's disease. -
Scientists Exploring Optimism
This Boston Globe article relates information about how optimism may be linked to adaptive immune responses. -
A Surprising Link Between Diabetes and Alzheimer's
This New York Times piece presents Dr. Margaret Gatz's answers to five questions that outline some of her findings on diabetes being linked to Alzheimers.
News About Dr. Kenneth S. Kosik: (click to expand)
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Paris: Macro-roles for MicroRNAs
Small RNA molecules have been discovered... -
The Wikification of Knowledge
Shared challenges of medicine and journalism... -
Alzheimer's Association Grant
UCSB to Develop Facebook Applications -
"UCSB scientists discover how the brain encodes memories at a cellular level"
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"Gene May Impair Middle-Aged Memory"
CNN Health.com Quotes Dr. Kosik about AD Prevention -
"The Wikification of Knowledge"
Harvard's Nieman Reports Article by Dr. Kosik -
Forthcoming Book By Dr. Kenneth S. Kosik
The Alzheimer Epidemic - Innovative Business Star of 2009
Dr. Kosik Selected as the Innovative Business... - Dr. Kosik interview
On Lifestyle Factors & Alzheimer's Prevention. More clips can be found below. -
To coincide with Brain Awareness Week 2009 (March 16-22), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory pre-launched their Genes to Cognition (G2C) Online Internet site (www.g2conline.org). On their site you can find an interview with Dr. Kosik at Cold Spring Harbor from July 2008, which is featured alongside conversations with Nobel Laureates Eric Kandel and James Watson. From this interview with Dr. Kosik we have chosen a selection of clips pertaining to topics about Alzheimer's Disease:
· Alzheimer ’s disease ( http://www.g2conline.org/2025 )
· Testing for Alzheimer’s ( http://www.g2conline.org/2026 )
· Early Onset Alzheimer’s ( http://www.g2conline.org/2027 )
· Senile plaques & Alzheimer’s ( http://www.g2conline.org/2028 )
· Neurofibrillary tangles & Alzheimer’s ( http://www.g2conline.org/2029 )
· Tau protein & Alzheimer’s ( http://www.g2conline.org/2030 )
· Alzheimer’s & selective neuropathology ( http://www.g2conline.org/2031 )
· Neuropathology of Alzheimer’s ( http://www.g2conline.org/2032 )
· Amyloid precursor protein & Alzheimer’s ( http://www.g2conline.org/2033 )
· Mild cognitive impairment ( http://www.g2conline.org/2034 )
· Acetylcholine & Alzheimer’s ( http://www.g2conline.org/2035 )
· Lifestyle factors & Alzheimer’s prevention ( http://www.g2conline.org/2036 )
· Synapse changes during learning ( http://www.g2conline.org/2037 )
· Role of RNA in learning & memory ( http://www.g2conline.org/2038 )
- Australian LifeScientist Journal
Features an article about Dr. Kosik... - Fortune Teller Story 182 KB PDF
This document is a fascinating story related to Dr. Kosik’s earlier work with the genetics of early-onset Alzheimer’s in rural Colombia.
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