Follow up to “A walk in the woods with Jack”
My friend Reed is a retired neurologist with a wry sense of humor. We were partners in the same neurology group practice for some twenty years. I always enjoyed his whimsical cartoons that he...
Author: Dan
A walk in the woods with Jack
Jack and I are committed to getting our 10-12,000 steps of walking per day. As I describe in Tattoo, the evidence is very strong that regular, aerobic exercise reduces the risk of getting Alzheimer’s, and...
Evaluating new advances in Alzheimer’s research: separating hype from fact
We all know that Alzheimer’s is an enormous problem. Thousands of researchers around the world are tirelessly searching for clues that might lead to a solution – how to slow or prevent Alzheimer’s. Reports of...
Sea foam
I love to walk. Every day my dog Jack and I work on our 10,000 steps either on the neighborhood streets or the nearby trails of Forest Park when we are home in Portland or...
A glimmer of hope from a new anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody: closing the barn door before the horses get out
As I have mentioned in a previous post, the beta-amyloid plaques of Alzheimer’s disease can be seen in the brain up to 20 years before the onset of cognitive decline. The amyloid hypothesis holds...
Lost in the fog of Alzheimer’s
Getting literally lost in the fog is a terrifying experience. It happened to me about thirty years ago while sailing in the San Juan Islands, an archipelago that lies between Vancouver Island in British Columbia...
The elusive green flash
The green flash is a very small green light that appears to be emanating from the top of the sun just as it sinks below an absolutely clear horizon. It lasts only a second...
Face blindness during a pandemic
Recently while out walking my dog Jack, I encountered a blond woman pushing a toddler in a stroller while walking her dog. I stopped to chat asking her how old her son was now and...
Digging for clams
One of my most exciting wildlife experiences was seeing and photographing a mother Kodiak brown bear in Alaska’s Katmai National Park teaching her two cubs how to dig for clams. These coastal bears are...
Loss of smell in Covid-19 and Alzheimer’s
Two days ago, I read a fascinating article in the New York Times by restaurant critic Tejal Rao about her sudden loss of smell due to Covid-19 last December. “I noted that moment as...
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