A neurologist's personal battle against Alzheimer's disease
On January 31, Biogen put out a press release indicating that it “plans to reprioritize its resources in Alzheimer’s disease” by halting development and marketing of the anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody aducanumab (Aduhelm). Patients currently...
As can be seen in this display window at the Cambridge University Press bookshop, my new book is now available in the UK and Europe. The book release date in the US is currently...
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...
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