Dreaming of mountains
A couple of days ago, Lois and I met up with old college friends who were passing through Portland. We hadn’t seen Linda and Ron for years, so there were lots of things to...
A Tattoo On My Brain Blog
The extraordinary memory of rare events
Last week I was walking with our dog Jack along the western shore of Siletz Bay on the Oregon coast. It was 7:02 pm, and the sun was low in the western sky. Looking...
Getting the word out
The last ten days have been busy, but in a good way. As I described in the last post, Lois and I were interviewed on live radio at the Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) radio station...
Think Out Loud
One week ago, Lois and I were interviewed live on Think Out Loud, a daily interview show on our local public radio station, OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting). A recording of the interview can be...
Donanemab clears another hurdle
Yesterday an independent panel of experts unanimously recommended FDA approval of the anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody donanemab. I think it is very likely that full FDA approval will be forthcoming. Donanemab appears to be at least...
Brain volume and dementia risk
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....
An update on anti-amyloid therapies
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...
A Dutch language edition of A Tattoo on my Brain has just been released
Today I was interviewed for nearly 90 minutes by a reporter from the Flemish newspaper De Morgen for an upcoming book review of the Dutch language edition of A Tattoo on my Brain that was released last week....
Beach ghosts and donanemab
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...
Dispatches from the Land of Alzheimer’s was released today in the US
My second book, Dispatches from the Land of Alzheimer’s, was released today in the US by Cambridge University Press. It is a collection of essays about Alzheimer’s disease that I have written over the last few...
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