A neurologist's personal battle against Alzheimer's disease
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...
I just received proofs of the cover for my new book of essays written during the last three years. Most of the essays were expanded from posts previously appearing on this blog. As far...
On July 22, 2021 I posted an essay about the first patient diagnosed with what we now call Alzheimer’s disease. Auguste Deter first came under the care of Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a psychiatrist and neuropathologist,...
While doing a genetic genealogical search in 2012, I inadvertently discovered that I have two copies of the APOE-4 allele putting me at very high risk of developing Alzheimer’s dementia. However, as a neurologist,...
A few days ago, the proofs of my new book Dispatches from the Land of Alzheimer’s arrived. The book is a collection of my essays about Alzheimer’s disease written over the last several years. Many of...
Lois, my wife and a retired librarian, got me started keeping track of my book reading using the Goodreads website in 2008. It took me a couple of years to get it right, remembering...
Last February I posted an essay on this blog titled “Hearing loss, aphasia and dementia” about my increasing problem with understanding speech. I suspected that my trouble with speech was due to a combination...
The results of the phase 3 clinical trial of the anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody donanemab were released simultaneously today at the Alzheimer’s Association Clinical Conference (AAIC) in Amsterdam and in a paper published in JAMA....
Two important things happened this week. On the Fourth of July, my granddaughter Emily got her first ride in a canoe. She was thrilled. The other important thing that happened this week was the FDA...
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