World Alzheimer’s Day is September 21st
- Betty Cheung
- Sep 8
- 3 min read
September is World Alzheimer’s Month, with Sunday, September 21, 2025 designated World Alzheimer's Day. The entire month of September is devoted to fostering a greater awareness around Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia with an aim to end the stigma associated with them.
How we view and approach Alzheimer's Disease and dementia can make a lasting impact on our own brain health and those nearest and dearest to us. Educate yourself, share what you learn, and talk openly about Alzheimer’s.
Here are Dr. Em’s Top 5 iHeal blogs to get you started:
These are the 5 iHeal Mag reads to give you a fresh view of Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of dementia
Top 5 Reads for World Alzheimer’s Day
Building Brain Health Habits We often know what supports brain health (exercise, sleep, mental stimulation, etc.), but the challenge comes when we try to make these healthy habits stick. New habits often fail, but Dr. Em will show you how to build self-coaching “mind skills” to support yourself to develop and sustain new healthy habits.
Mapping the Brain Health Index Many people say that they aren’t sure if what they are experiencing with memory lapses or brain fog are “normal,” and without a widely used objective test for everyday brain health (like doctors have for cholesterol or blood pressure tests), it can be unclear. Dr. Em explains the Brain Health Pyramid and offers her Brain Health Index Quiz as a tool to help you assess where you are in terms of your current brain function and what to do next to strengthen your brain health.
Fighting Dementia Dementia is hard to talk about, and its prevention isn’t just about medical interventions—we must get involved in active ways. Awareness and open discussions about Alzheimer’s and dementia are powerful in breaking the stigma associated with these diseases, and taking small, consistent steps toward caring for brain health—physical self‑care, mental care, purpose—is worthwhile, even before we see any symptoms appear.
Dementia Heals Many experts believe that dementia is hard to treat, because we are seeing the very late stage of brain disease. Similarly helpless were doctors in the 1960s when confronted with stage 4 cancer, but now we know that earlier detection of cancer allows for better chances for life saving interventions. Science has helped us to identify precancers, and even to protect against some types of cancers through vaccination. The good news: brain-aging conditions are ripe for these kinds of discoveries as well, as more resources have gone into learning about dementia diagnosis and treatment. We can prevent the progression of disease for over 30% of cases, through brain-healthy lifestyle interventions.
The Neuroscience of Exercise When we think about the benefits of exercise, we believe that it’s primarily about losing weight and looking good. And most of us have also learned that it can be good for our heart and lungs. And when it comes to lifestyle and brain health, exercise is like the Ironman of the Marvel Avengers. The other superheroes are all important, fun and interesting in their own way, but Ironman is the star of the show.
The iHeal Mag contains a wealth of information and perspectives on brain health particularly the impact of Alzheimer's and other dementia-related diseases. To search for topics that have more relevance to you or someone you are caring for, use the search bar or filter by category to find specific articles.
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