Email from Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation

News from the Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation

October 2024

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

The Power of Strength

Dear John,

A menopausal woman fell and broke both her lower legs. The break is partially due to osteoporosis and also very much from having weak leg muscles; especially her quads, in the front of the legs. Beyond that, she didn’t have the arm and chest strength she needed to adequately protect herself.

Don’t think she was debilitated before she fell, she wasn’t. In fact, she was pretty active.

But her quads were weak and, along with your biceps and chest muscles, they are one of the most important muscles in the body.

Strength training is often forgotten when creating a good brain health program for your recommended 150 minutes of exercise each week. Of course, both cardio and strength training are important for your long-term brain, heart, immune system, and GI health, but strength training is sometimes overlooked.

Strength training makes you feel amazing because it raises your endorphin levels along with that awesome brain and body chemical called anandamide, which means bliss. Plus you create so much energy.

So please pump it up. Go to a gym or create your own home gym. Get a personal trainer if you’d like, but make sure you add strength training to your workouts.

You’ll love it!

Strength training is part of our 4 Pillars of Diet, Stress Management, Exercise, and Spiritual Fitness that make up our world’s #1 Brain Longevity Training Program (BLTT).

And now we are offering our newly updated curriculum at a reduced price. Check it out here. You’ll be thrilled.

The next 12 people who register for the special launch price will also claim our exciting Brain Longevity Cookbook full of delicious and nutritious recipes.

So don’t delay. Register today.

Yours in Brain Health,

Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.

President / Medical Director

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Great News!

You can support ARPF with your Required Minimum Distribution before year-end. You will pay no income tax on this gift, but don’t delay, the deadline is coming up fast. Contact Kirti Khalsa, ARPF CEO with any questions [email protected].

EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

Meditate for Your Memory Challenge

It's that time of the year! Join us for another week-long Kirtan Kriya meditation challenge from November 11 - 15th. Every day we will meet via Zoom and teach participants how to practice Kirtan Kriya, followed by practicing together, and then a Q&A. All skill levels are invited to meditate, plus it's free!

We will meet for 30 minutes every day at:

9 am PT / 10 am MT / 11 am CT / 12 pm ET / 6 pm Europe

WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBER

Diane Ventura-Goodyear, MBA

Diane Ventura-Goodyear, MBA comes from a large corporate background and earned her MBA in Technology Management at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She has been a Rotarian since 2007 and has served in Rotary in many different capacities most recently in 2020-2021 as District Governor.

Diane’s strong sense of service drives her to help others and spread compassion. She encourages her community to develop active and healthy lifestyles by providing programs, education, resources, and mentorship to the underserved. Read more.

BRAIN LONGEVITY SPECIALIST SPOTLIGHT

Lisetta Coffin, RYT-500, BLS

BLTT graduate Lisetta Coffin, RYT-500, BLS organized a Brain Longevity Series over the summer.

“I did 5 weekly sessions consisting of an introduction session and then sessions on one of the 4 Pillars at the County Office for the Aging. Then I presented at another center that offers social connections, movement classes, card games, pool tables, craft classes, concerts, massages, haircuts, medical pedicures, seminars, workshops, and the list goes on." Read More.

OUTREACH

Senior Services Inc., Winston-Salem, NC

We are an adult day center that serves a large population of folks with various cognitive impairments. Many of them have a dementia diagnosis. As such, several families have been concerned about heredity and ways to stave off decline for themselves. The 4 Pillars for Prevention brochure always goes quickly. The Power of Brain Aerobics is another popular brochure.

We greatly appreciate your mission of prevention through education. Thank you, again, for sharing your resources with us! Read More.

- Danita Dominguez

Administrative and Data Coordinator

Adult daycare center program at Senior Services, Inc

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Now Available: APA-CEs Included!

Online Course: A Glimpse of the Future

Many things can hasten the development of cognitive decline and in our brand new, A Glimpse of the Future course, you’ll learn about all of them and what you can do about it from our incredible lineup of world-renowned speakers. In particular, we discuss how women can prevent Alzheimer’s disease because women are at much higher risk than men.

This online course features the incredible presentations of the last conference ARPF organized at the end of 2023. If you missed it, you can still learn cutting-edge and timely topics on all aspects of Alzheimer’s prevention, in particular, evidence-based lifestyle medicine.

The course is approved for the following CEs:

7.5 CEs for RN, PsyD, MLSW and other behavioral health providers
7.5 CEs for Yoga Therapists through IAYT
7.5 CEs for Yoga Teachers through Yoga Alliance

Please email Chelsea Pyne with any questions: [email protected].

DISCOVER COURSE HERE

DISCOVER OPTION WITH APA CEs HERE

Research News:

ARPF research was cited in a new paper published in Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health.

Here is our article quoted:

Meditation and Music Improve Memory and Cognitive Function in Adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Discover all the exciting activities ARPF has in store by visiting us on the web at: alzheimersprevention.org

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In Memory/ In Honor Donors

September 2024

Thank you for giving ARPF the opportunity to honor your loved ones and your special occasions. Donor list from September.

If you would like to leave a legacy for your loved one through supporting ARPF research and initiatives, please visit our page. We are so thankful to those who wish to include ARPF during such a sensitive time. We will continue to make strides in Alzheimer’s prevention in memory of all those who have been afflicted by dementia. We are forever grateful.

WORKPLACE CAMPAIGNS

ARPF is a proud participant in all workplace campaigns; these are only a few of the better-known ones:

American Express
Mayo Clinic
Microsoft
Subaru
Whole Foods Market

Check with your employer to see if the Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation is on their list. Many employers also offer a donation match!

ARPF NOW ACCEPTS ALL THE FOLLOWING DONATIONS

Securities and Stocks
IRA Charitable Rollover
Donor Advised Funds
Your vehicle: car, truck, boat, motorcycle
Cryptocurrency

Please contact ARPF’s Vice President Randy Brooks at 1-888-908-5766 or [email protected].

LEAVE A LEGACY:

Remember Us in Your Will

If you would like to receive information on how you can leave a legacy to support the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation’s critical research initiatives, or to support one of our many other programs, please contact ARPF’s Vice President Randy Brooks at 1-888-908-5766 or by email.

ARPF LEGACY SOCIETY

Gold Level

Mrs. Ethel A. Hoff
Dr. and Mrs. Dharma Singh Khalsa
Ms. Barbara Joan Davis
Gail B. Campbell
Ms. Anita Poorman

Silver Level

Mr. and Mrs. Claude and Billye Boucaud
Mr. Carl G. Crawford
Union Congregational Church

Bronze Level

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Brooks
Ms. Mary Gilbert
Mr. Edward T. Haats
Hansel Trust
Mrs. Marjorie Olmstead
Shaol and Evelyn Pozez Endowment Fund
Lawrence M. Robbin

Did you know you can donate your car? Please click here for more information.

Officers and Board Members

PRESIDENT/MEDICAL DIRECTOR - Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.

VICE PRESIDENT - Chris Walling, PsyD, MBA, C-IAYT

TREASURER - Bert Beatty, MHA

SECRETARY - Kirti K. Khalsa

MEMBERS - Fletcher Wilkins, BS

Executive Staff

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MANAGER - Chelsea Pyne

OUTREACH COORDINATOR -

Camille Osorio

Discover all the exciting activities the ARPF has in store for you by visiting us on the web at alzheimersprevention.org, following us on Twitter, ‘Liking’ us on Facebook, following us on Instagram.

ARPF is a Proud Member of:

Medical and Scientific Advisory Council

CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER

George Perry, Ph.D., Professor of Biology & Chemistry, Chief Scientist, Brain Health Consortium University of Texas at San Antonio, TX

ASSISTANT SCIENCE OFFICER

Kateřina Sheardová, M.D., Ph.D., Head of the Memory Center ICRC St. Anne´s University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic

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Daniel Amen, M.D., Director of the Amen Clinics, Costa Mesa, CA

Lisa Barnes, Ph.D., Alla V. and Solomon Jesmer Professor Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Chicago, IL

Ma Gloria Borras-Boneu, M.D., GRD Health Institute - Barcelona, Spain

Hiroko Dodge, Ph.D., Kevreson Research Professor of Neurology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Oregon Health & Science University

Nancy Emerson Lombardo, Ph.D., Adjunct Research Assistant Professor of Neurology Boston University, School of Medicine, Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Boston, MA

Elissa Epel, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Fayron Epps, Ph.D., RN, Principal Investigator of the Faith Village Research Lab, Atlanta, GA

Annie Fenn, M.D., Women’s health specialist & Founder of Brain Health Kitchen, Jackson Hole, WY

Karen E. Innes, MSPH, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology, Western Virginia University School of Public Health, Morgantown, WV

Richard S. Isaacson, M.D., Director, Alzheimer's Prevention Program, Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

Tejinder Kaur Khalsa, M.D., M.S., FRCP, Consultant for WHO, Rochester, MN

Miia Kivipelto, M.D., Ph.D., Aging Research Center and Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Karolinska Institute - Stockholm, Sweden

Karen Koffler, M.D., Medical Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at University of Miami, FL

Helen Lavretsky, M.D., M.S., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute and Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital- Los Angeles, CA

Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D., Director, Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Andrew B. Newberg, M.D., Director, Marcus Institute of Integrative Health –Myrna Brind Center Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Arti Prasad, M.D., FACP, Chief of Medicine, Hennepin Medical Ctr Professor/Vice Chair of Medicine, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN

Michelle Sierpina, Ph.D., Founding Director, UTMB Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX

Leonard A. Wisneski, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor of Medicine at George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC

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