A Tattoo on My Brain goes to Times Square
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...
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Males and females appear to differ in their responses to some Alzheimer’s drugs – reboot
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...
The film based on A Tattoo on my Brain is heading to a New York film festival
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...
How many steps per day are most effective for dementia prevention?
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...
A sneak peek at the cover of Dispatches from the Land of Alzheimer’s
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...
The daughter of the first woman with Alzheimer’s disease
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,...
A new direct-to-consumer blood test for beta-amyloid – is it jumping the gun?
While doing a genetic genealogical search in 2012, I inadvertently discovered that I have two copies of the APOE-4 allele putting me at very high risk of developing Alzheimer’s dementia. However, as a neurologist,...
Seeing the proofs of Dispatches from the Land of Alzheimer’s
A few days ago, the proofs of my new book Dispatches from the Land of Alzheimer’s arrived. The book is a collection of my essays about Alzheimer’s disease written over the last several years. Many of...
Using the number of books I read as measure of my cognitive impairment
Lois, my wife and a retired librarian, got me started keeping track of my book reading using the Goodreads website in 2008. It took me a couple of years to get it right, remembering...
My sparkling new auditory world
Last February I posted an essay on this blog titled “Hearing loss, aphasia and dementia” about my increasing problem with understanding speech. I suspected that my trouble with speech was due to a combination...
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