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Live Better for Your Brain

Understanding Dementia - daily habits to boost your brain health
By Anthea Rowan
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What can we do to reduce our risk of dementia? Science says that half of dementia cases may be preventable through lifestyle changes. Daily habits can have a significant impact on the long-term risk of cognitive decline, and this book explains how with practical advice. Anthea... Read More
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Everything you need to know to protect your brain from the symptoms of cognitive decline

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What can we do to reduce our risk of dementia?

Science says that half of dementia cases may be preventable through lifestyle changes. Daily habits can have a significant impact on the long-term risk of cognitive decline, and this book explains how with practical advice.

Anthea Rowan has experienced first-hand the devastating impact of dementia and has made it her mission to shine a light on the many practical habits we can adopt to help us take control of our own brain health today and protect it for tomorrow. Once we break down the dread and stigma around the disease, we can make space for open discussion, early diagnosis andβ€”cruciallyβ€”intervention.

Live Better for Your Brain shows how whole-body health impacts brain health, cognitive function and longevityβ€”providing real help, practical guidance, and hope. Combining the latest scientific evidence with personal experience, it is a powerful and positive guide to better brain health for anyone and everyone at any stage of life.

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ISBN: 9781399763547

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 February 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Yellow Kite

Illustration: N/A

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

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Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Anthea Rowan is an author and journalist. She writes for newspapers and magazines across the world. She has written for the UK nationals, the Washington Post, The Irish Times and the South China Morning Post. Anthea has written extensively about mental illness, brain health and dementia. A number of features on mental illness have won her awards at the charity, Mind. For a year, she wrote a monthly column at the Irish Times about her mother's experience of Alzheimer's Disease for which she was nominated for an Irish Journalism Award at the end of 2023. She writes another, Decoding Dementia, at the South China Morning Post where she contributes regularly to the health pages. She explores All Things Dementia at Psychology Today. She has written personal essays for Vogue and features at The Times, Sunday Times, the Guardian and the Washington Post.

She has also co-produced three short documentary films, working as a scriptwriter as well as adding her voice as narrator. Anthea is based in Africa and the UK.

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