(This text reveals research that has transformed scientists' understanding of healthy ageing and shows what everyone can do to help prevent Alzheimer's disease. One of the world's leading experts on Alzheimer's disease, David Snowdon, is the director of the "Nun Study", a long term research project involving 678 nuns. Ranging in age from 75 to 106, these women have allowed Snowdon access to their medical and personal records and they have agreed to donate their brains upon death. The study's findings are already helping scientists unlock the secrets to living a longer, healthier life. With one of the largest brain donor studies in the world, Dr Snowdon and his colleagues are at the forefront of some of the most fascinating and useful research on aging today. This book combines cutting-edge research on the brain with the poignant and inspiring stories of the%2

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