#18 - Richard Isaacson, M.D.: Alzheimer’s prevention
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In this episode, Richard Isaacson, a neurologist and director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian, discusses strategies for staving off Alzheimer’s disease. Richard shares a wealth of insight for people who want to know more about Alzheimer’s and what you can do to help yourself and your loved ones – starting today and continuing throughout the entire lifespan.

  We discuss:

• Richard’s fun-facts (and alter egos): “bling” phones, Doogie Howser, and DJ Rush [8:00)];

• Richard’s impetus to focus on Alzheimer’s disease: Uncle Bob [18:20)];

• Starting an Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic [27:00];

• How Alzheimer’s is diagnosed [30:00];

• Short-term memory, processing speed, executive function and how they’re tested [35:45];

• Prevention vs reduction of Alzheimer’s [44:00];

• What is the prevalence of Alzheimer’s in America? [49:30];

• How do people actually die from Alzheimer’s or dementia? [51:30];

• How can people do everything right and still get Alzheimer’s? It’s all about AGE [55:15];

• The APOE gene [58:15];

• Why is the risk of Alzheimer’s higher for women? [1:13:00)];

• How many different paths lead to Alzheimer’s? [1:15:45];

• What role does MTHFR play in Alzheimer’s? [1:19:45];

• What are the “ABCs” of Alzheimer’s prevention? [1:26:45];

• Baptists, Tauists, Syners, and Apostates [1:36:30];

• Concerns with statin use for high-risk patients [1:45:00)];

• The use of Theracurmin [1:48:45];

• What are the five actionable things one can do to reduce the risk for Alzheimer’s today? [1:54:30];

• The cognitive reserve [2:14:15]; and

• More.

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