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Area of Expertise: Alzheimer’s Disease
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Laura D. Baker, PhD

Associate Professor, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, and of Public Health Sciences in the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention

Baker is a cognitive neuroscientist who is a nationally recognized leader in the areas of aerobic exercise and hormone supplementation as treatments for memory decline associated with pre-clinical and early stage Alzheimer’s disease.

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Alzheimer's Disease, Memory, Neuroscience

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GOING BEYOND RISK REDUCTION: PHYSICAL EXERCISE MAY BE AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND VASCULAR DEMENTIA

Findings from research conducted at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center by Laura Baker, Ph.D., associate professor of gerontology and geriatric medicine, were reported today at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Washington, D.C.

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