A neurologist's personal battle against Alzheimer's disease
We’ve talked a lot so far about clinical trials of several so-called disease-modifying drugs for Alzheimer’s disease. These are medications designed to slow and perhaps even stop the progression of Alzheimer’s. Most of them so...
In a previous post, I mentioned being interviewed for a segment on CBS Sunday Morning. I found out yesterday that the interview will air this Sunday as part of a larger story on the...
Jack, our English cocker spaniel, is seven years old, middle aged for a dog. He may be a little neurotic, after all he is a spaniel, but he is still sharp as a tack and...
I was interested to see the report from the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease conference held in Boston last week demonstrating a reduction of a blood marker for neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, p-tau...
Over and over, perhaps ad nauseum, I have been talking about the evidence-based lifestyle changes that can reduce our risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease and/or slow its progression. These include getting frequent aerobic exercise, eating a...
For over twenty years, there has been growing evidence of the importance of inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease. For a comprehensive review of this topic, follow this link to a 2018 paper in Alzheimer’s & Dementia. Briefly,...
After finishing my neurology training, I joined a group practice associated with Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. As part of the décor for my new office, I picked out several old photographs from the...
Beginning in March, over a month before Tattoo was published, I have done twenty-three interviews about the book: ten podcasts, eight radio, three print, one TV, and one webinar. Starting out, I was incredibly stressed about...
In the September 14 issue of the journal Neurology, Alzheimer’s experts have offered their opinions in one editorial and two viewpoint papers, one pro and one against, concerning the FDA approval of aducanumab, now known...
Ever since Dr. Allen Roses and his group at Duke reported in the 1990s that people carrying the APOE-4 gene are at greater risk for getting Alzheimer’s, there has been uncertainty about how a gene that...
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