‘A study to give us hope:’ Lifestyle changes improve Alzheimer’s symptoms for some [Video]

Looking back, Tammy Maida, 67, said things started to change in her late 50s. At first, she would lose track of her belongings: her keys multiple times a day, a ring, eyeglasses, her purse.She would drive to the grocery store in her hometown of San Jose, California, and forget where she parked the car. At home, she couldn’t remember where she had put the groceries. Her husband, Paul, would sometimes find them in the garage.Related video above: Research Explores Brain Resistance to Alzheimer’s in Bid to Aid Development of MedicationA lifelong, avid reader, Maida stopped picking up books because she couldn’t remember the last chapter she had read or the major characters.”I honestly thought I was losing my mind, and the fear of losing my mind was frightening,” she told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta for the CNN documentary “The Last Alzheimer’s Patient.”Today, Maida is back to devouring …