{"id":16087,"date":"2015-06-07T05:50:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T05:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gncdubai.com\/?p=16087"},"modified":"2015-06-07T05:50:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T05:50:30","slug":"ping-pong-for-alzheimers-dubai-7days-feat-gnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gncdubai.com\/ar\/ping-pong-for-alzheimers-dubai-7days-feat-gnc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ping Pong for Alzheimer&#8217;s Dubai &#8211; 7Days feat. GNC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]7Days, 04.06.2015: AFTER Desiree Vlekken lost her father to Alzheimer\u2019s disease, she founded 4-get-me-not, the UAE\u2019s \ufb01rst online information and support platform for people dealing with the disease. In collaboration with the <strong>German Neuroscience Centre<\/strong>, they are organising the \u2018Spin &amp; Drive for Brain Health\u2019 tomorrow, the \ufb01rst table tennis tournament to raise awareness of Alzheimer\u2019s in the UAE. \u201cAccording to a growing body of research, bouncing that little white ball back and forth does more than just get your blood pumping. It may also help to keep Alzheimer\u2019s at bay,\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16093&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; border_color=&#8221;grey&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text]Vlekken told 7DAYS. She added that ping pong is also used in sports therapy sessions for Alzheimer\u2019s patients worldwide: \u201cTable tennis is a fantastic low to medium-impact exercise that requires the brain to be constantly engaged &#8211; calculating the opponent\u2019s next move and keeping a watchful eye on the ball, which also requires spatial awareness, hand- eye coordination and peripheral vision.\u201d Players of all ages are invited to take part in the tournament at the Novo Cineplex Cinema, Grand Hyatt Dubai, 10am-7pm to help raise awareness and for a chance to win fantastic prizes. It\u2019s followed by a screening of the 2012 documentary \ufb01lm \u2018Ping Pong Never Too Old for Gold\u2019, which follows a group of eight pensioners from around the world as they train to compete in the over-80s table tennis championships in Inner Mongolia.<\/p>\n<p>Alzheimer\u2019s is the most common form of dementia and a neurological disorder, which causes deterioration of memory, loss of concentration and diminished judgment. It is a global health concern most commonly associated with elderly people. Research revealed that boosting circulation through exercise may help to slow cognitive decline as well as reduce the risk of Alzheimer\u2019s.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]7Days, 04.06.2015: AFTER Desiree Vlekken lost her father to Alzheimer\u2019s disease, she founded 4-get-me-not, the UAE\u2019s \ufb01rst online information and support platform for people dealing with the disease. In collaboration with the German Neuroscience Centre, they are organising the \u2018Spin &amp; Drive for Brain Health\u2019 tomorrow, the \ufb01rst table tennis tournament to raise awareness of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gncdubai.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gncdubai.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gncdubai.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gncdubai.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gncdubai.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gncdubai.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gncdubai.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gncdubai.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gncdubai.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gncdubai.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}