Cognitive Reserve and the Aging Brain This week’s New York Magazine featured a story about David Milch, creator of the HBO series Deadwood, who was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. “Milch started to worry that something was amiss five years ago,” wrote the reporter, “when he and his friends and relatives noticed more instances of ‘imperfect […]
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What the Failure of Biogen’s Aducanumab Tells Us About Alzheimer’s — Risk Reduction is Still Our Best Weapon Today I serve as Neurotrack’s Head Writer. But three years ago, in a different professional incarnation, I had the privilege of sitting in a packed conference room with a bright, articulate representative from the pharmaceutical company Biogen […]
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Patterns of behavioral change can vary from patient to patient, even within a diagnostic category. It is in this sense that some experts are calling for Alzheimer’s to be described as a spectrum disorder, rather than as a disease, with an easily identifiable set of symptoms.
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Most people believe there’s nothing you can do to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, so they’re reluctant to discover the state of their cognitive health.
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Facing this issue head-on doesn’t have to be a negative experience. We all have challenges to face and dealing with this one in a positive, constructive, optimistic way brings with it many benefits.
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