Due to her cognitive improvement, Tammy Maida (left) and her husband Paul enjoy biking together again.
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FIRST ON CNN: Fighting early-stage Alzheimer’s with intensive lifestyles changes works, study finds
As her memory faded from Alzheimer’s disease in her late 50s, Tammy Maida began to lose track of her life. Car keys, eyeglasses and her purse disappeared multiple times a day. Key characters in novels she was reading were forgotten. Groceries were left in the garage. Keeping the books for the family’s businesses became impossible.
