A neurologist's personal battle against Alzheimer's disease
About a month ago, I received an invitation to give a 10-minute talk on January 17 to The National Academies Committee on Research Priorities for Preventing and Treating Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. This two-day...
Last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, the results of an interesting proof-of-concept study using focused ultrasound to enhance the ability of the anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody aducanumab to cross the blood blood-brain barrier...
I last posted on my blog three weeks ago. A few days after that, I came down with what was probably just a bad cold. It was mainly in my chest with a lot of coughing....
About six weeks ago, I was awakened from sleep by a fall to the floor. I remember my dream vividly. I was being chased by someone trying to kill me. I stumbled on a path...
As I mentioned last month on this site, Lois and I learned that the documentary film, A Tattoo on my Brain, was accepted at DOC NYC, a large New York film festival devoted to documentary long and short...
This post originally appeared on my blog in August. Somehow, I accidently deleted it this week. Here it is again with my apologies to those who have been unable to find it. If only rebooting my...
Almost two years ago, the entertainment giant Viacom, now Paramount Global, bought the film rights to my book, A Tattoo on my Brain: A Neurologist’s Personal Battle against Alzheimer’s Disease. As I have mentioned on previous...
My dog Jack and I are diligent about getting our 10,000 steps walking every day. Many studies have shown that regular exercise reduces the risk of getting dementia including Alzheimer’s, but questions remain: How much...
I just received proofs of the cover for my new book of essays written during the last three years. Most of the essays were expanded from posts previously appearing on this blog. As far...
On July 22, 2021 I posted an essay about the first patient diagnosed with what we now call Alzheimer’s disease. Auguste Deter first came under the care of Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a psychiatrist and neuropathologist,...
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