Personalized intervention boosts health, cognition

Personalized health and lifestyle changes can delay or even prevent memory loss in adults at higher risk of cognitive decline, researchers say. Their two-year study compared cognitive scores, risk factors and quality of life among 172 participants, of whom half had received personalized coaching to improve their health and lifestyle in areas believed to raise the risk of Alzheimer's, such as uncontrolled diabetes and physical inactivity. These participants experienced a boost in cognitive testing, amounting to a 74% improvement over the non-intervention group.