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How Activities Can Help Protect the Brain: A Teen’s Perspective:
Writer: Pippa Loverro If you read my last article, you know Alzheimer’s isn’t just “forgetting things.” It’s physical changes happening inside the brain. Neurons get damaged. Communication breaks down. The brain can even shrink over time. So naturally, my next question was: Is there anything we can do to slow that down? And the answer is actually… yes. While there’s currently no cure for Alzheimer's disease, research shows that certain activities can help protect the brain,
Pippa Loverro
Mar 23 min read
What Alzheimer’s Is Really Doing to the Brain: A Teen’s Perspective
Writer: Pippa Loverro If you’re like me, you’ve probably heard the word “Alzheimer’s” and immediately thought, Oh… that’s when you start to lose your memory. That’s what I used to think, too. Just memory loss. Just forgetting names. But when I actually started researching it, I realized Alzheimer’s is so much more than that. It’s not just forgetting where you put your keys. It’s a slow, physical change happening inside the brain. As I read more and more about the physiologic
Pippa Loverro
Mar 24 min read
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