A neurologist's personal battle against Alzheimer's disease
Two days ago, Halloween arrived at our house. It has been one of my favorite holidays since my own childhood, but now perhaps even more so, as we share in the excitement and joy...
So far, three anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies have been approved in the US by the FDA for treatment of dementia or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) caused by Alzheimer’s disease: aducanumab, lecanemab, and most recently donanemab....
I must admit that when I think of olive oil, I am often reminded first of Popeye’s girlfriend. No, I wasn’t around in 1936, but Olive Oyl and Popeye were still going strong when I...
Although the overall prevalence of dementia has been increasing along with population growth, the incidence of dementia, the number of new cases per year, has actually been decreasing in many parts of the world....
My wife and I have just returned from a wonderful visit to Norway. I was quite taken by the legend of the trolls, the mischievous beasts that wreak havoc in the lives of country...
Yesterday evening as sundown approached, I looked out a window on the west side of our house and saw a startling headless reflection looking back enquiringly at me. The optics were easily explained: I...
Dr. Steven Greenberg is most likely the most knowledgeable expert in the world concerning cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and the vascular pathology associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Earlier this week, I had the honor of...
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....
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...
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