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Keep Your Mind Sharp
Brain health
Also called Preventing memory loss and dementia, Keeping your brain sharp, Cognitive decline, Memory loss
Who it's forA man who wants his memory and thinking sharp for decades, starting now.
When to see a doctor
- Memory problems that affect daily life, or that someone close to you has noticed. Bring them with you.
- Sudden hearing loss in one or both ears, or hearing that has gotten worse over days or weeks: an urgent appointment.
- Hearing loss with earache or discharge from the ear.
- Dizziness or spinning, worse hearing in one ear, or ringing in one ear only.
- Frequent headaches or blurred vision, or chest pain that comes and goes.
- Sudden chest pain, or pain spreading to the arm, neck or jaw, with sweating or breathlessness: call emergency services.
- Breathing that stops and starts in your sleep, or gasping and choking noises at night.
- Memory, word-finding or personality changes before 65. Dementia at this age is less common and needs a specialist look.
- A parent or sibling diagnosed with Alzheimer's before 65. Tell your doctor: some early-onset cases run in families.
I am not a doctor. This is not medical advice. This is self-education. Every dose and schedule on this page is the one a trial or a label used, quoted from it. It is not a prescription. Talk to a physician who has your history before anything in the With a doctor group.