More about the importance of exercise
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...
Category: Alzheimer’s disease
Greg O’Brien’s On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s
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,...
Beacon Rock Revisited
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...
Shipping delays
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...
Tattoo release week
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...
To sleep, perchance to dream
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...
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...
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