A big, new autopsy study found many older people with extensive pathologic changes in the brain (the kind said to “cause” Alzheimer’s dementia) show no cognitive signs of dementia. In an [...]
Category: Alzheimer’s disease
Obama-Biden “cancer moonshot” is just shooting the moon
Back in July 2012, I reported how Joe Biden, at a campaign speech in Miami, Florida, promised he would find a cure for cancer as long as the Obama-Biden ticket was re-elected to a second term [...]
Ancient technique outperforms common drug in dementia patients
As you know, mainstream medicine has very little to offer men and women who suffer from dementia. Fortunately, more and more research shows the ancient Chinese technique of acupuncture can [...]
Four simple steps for avoiding Alzheimer’s disease
On Tuesday, I reported on three major risk factors for developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Today, I’ll present a few natural approaches you can use to counteract those risk factors. In the [...]
New research pinpoints 9 real risk factors for Alzheimer’s
The Memory and Aging Center at UC San Francisco recently published an outstanding analysis on the nine most important risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Two-thirds of all AD cases can be [...]
Blueberries benefit your brain
A nanny-state U.S. senator just launched an investigation into dietary supplements that make claims about helping dementia. And that’s just a shame. The mainstream has nothing to offer for the [...]
Cut your Parkinson’s disease risk in half by avoiding these blockbuster drugs
Two of the diseases men and women fear most, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease (PD), afflict the brain and nervous system. Both diseases have “early onset” versions, but generally, they [...]
URGENT Health Alert: Popular allergy drugs skyrocket dementia risk by more than 50%
With the Spring allergy season upon us again, there is some important news you need to know. A large new study provides the strongest evidence yet that popular over-the-counter allergy drugs like [...]
Small lifestyle changes dramatically lower dementia risk
You can slow age-related cognitive decline through simple lifestyle changes, according to a new observational study from Finland. I find this news particularly encouraging in light of failure [...]
It’s time to stop the insanity about dementia
A new article in the prestigious journal BMC Neurology suggests that mainstream medicine should stop wasting millions researching a major class of Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) drugs. The authors [...]