prevent dementia and cognitive decline In short, the FINGER model is about involving all five “fingers” every day: healthy food, physical activity, mental stimulation, social activities, and monitoring of cardiovascular risk factors.

Simplistically, the test involves an examiner putting his or her hands into a specific shape — for example, interlocking the fingers in a particular manner — and then having the patient try to mimic it. Patients are evaluated on how well they can reproduce the specific shape created by the examiner.

July 20, 2023 -- A finger-prick blood test can accurately identify key Alzheimer's disease biomarkers without the need for temperature or storage control measures, results of a new study suggest.

The ReCODE protocol emphasizes nutrition but also includes exercise, sleep, and stress reduction. The nutrition is at least 12 hours of daily fasting to achieve ketosis and a fasting insulin level of 4.5 or less. Fasting blood sugar should be below 90 and hemoglobin A1c less than 5.6 percent.