A neurologist's personal battle against Alzheimer's disease
Yesterday I participated in a panel discussion regarding recommendations for use of aducanumab, now called by the proprietary name Aduhelm, in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The conference, Dialogue: Current Perspectives on Aducanumab, was sponsored...
Marcel Proust famously wrote in his semi-autobiographical novel Remembrance of Things Past published in 1913 how the smell and taste of a tea-soaked madeleine cake evoked the childhood memory of breakfast with his Aunt Léonie. The...
Today the FDA approved the use of Biogen’s anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody aducanumab for treating early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. I have mixed feelings about this approval. As someone living with early-stage Alzheimer’s who participated in the aducanumab...
Due to a series of unforeseen events this week, both of our children living in Portland needed additional help caring for their children, our four grandchildren. There is nothing I like better than spending...
My friend Greg O’Brien is having spine surgery this Tuesday in Boston. Greg has Alzheimer’s disease. He cared for both of his parents as they passed through the stages and finally died of Alzheimer’s,...
As those of you who have read Tattoo will know, Beacon Rock is a special place for me. It is a basalt monolith towering 848 ft over the north bank of the Columbia River about 35 miles...
The good news is Tattoo was released on schedule in the UK on May 6 and has been well received. This photo of the Tattoo display in a window of the Cambridge University Press...
It’s hard for me to believe it, but Tattoo will be released this Thursday, May 6, both in the US and UK. This journey began over two years ago when I published an opinion paper in JAMA...
A number of studies have previously noted that people with dementia tend to sleep less than those without dementia. The question has been what is cause and what is effect? Does getting less sleep promote the...
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...
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