Research Initiatives
The Four Research Avenues
The Alzheimer’s Research & Prevention Foundation is pursuing the following four research avenues and welcomes proposals related to these initiatives:
- Research Proposals on Lifestyle and Alzheimer’s Prevention
- Longitudinal Studies on the Therapeutic Benefits of Yoga Therapy on Subjective Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer’s Prevention, Including Functional Imaging Studies, Genomics, Biomarkers, and Neurocognitive Testing
- The Merger of Yoga/Meditation Research and Technology
- “Spiritual Fitness” and Alzheimer’s Prevention
Please see our Research Grant Policy regarding F & A.
Research Overview
Since our inception in 1993, Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., has researched the integrative or holistic 4 Pillars of Alzheimer’s Prevention®. For over fifteen years, Dr. Khalsa and his colleagues, through a series of scientific studies, have investigated—for the first time—a simple, 12-minute yoga meditation called Kirtan Kriya (KK). We discovered that KK can:
- Reduce Stress
- Reverse Memory Loss
- Maximize Well-Being
- Decrease Depression
- Increase Energy
- Improve Mood and Sleep
- Lengthen Telomeres, the Ends of Chromosomes That Control Aging
- Reduce Inflammation
- Turn on the Good Genes, Turn Off the Bad Genes
- Create a Healthy Anti-Aging Effect on the Brain
Research Centers
The ARPF funded and conducted years of research with eminent partners, such as:
- UCLA-Department of Psychiatry
- University of Pennsylvania-Department of Radiology
- Ministry of Health in Finland and Karolinska Institute in Sweden
- University of West Virginia-Department of Public Health
- University of Arizona-Department of Surgery and iCAMP
These research findings are published in leading, peer-reviewed medical journals.
Research and Prevention Projects
To learn more about Kirtan Kriya and our research, visit our 12-Minute Yoga Meditation Exercise page.
At this link, you can read about our latest research update in the Research White Paper.
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