The End of Alzheimer’s with Dr. Dale Bredesen

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Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease is an ongoing struggle. Sometimes, you might feel like it only gets worse.

Dr. Amen and his wife, Tana Amen, have created the Brain Warrior’s Way podcast to help educate those with mental illness and those helping loved ones with mental illness. They share the message that there is always hope.

How to Treat Alzheimer’s: Interview with Dale Bredesen

June is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, and on this episode of Brain Warrior’s Way, Dr. Amen is honored to have Dr. Dale Bredesen speak as his guest.

Dr. Bredesen is an internationally recognized expert in Alzheimer’s disease and the mechanisms that underlie it. As a Caltech graduate with a medical degree from Duke, he served as Chief Resident in Neurology at UC San Francisco. His international acclaim came with publishing a study showing he could reverse Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s is a debilitating brain disease that progressively destroys memory and thinking skills, most commonly in older adults. It has so far been considered an irreversible illness, but new research lead by forward thinkers such as Dr. Bredesen bring us closer to understanding this complex disease in order to cure it. His book, “The End of Alzheimer’s,” was published in August 2017.

DR. AMEN: Welcome Dale, such a joy to have you help tell our audience about “The End of Alzheimer’s.” So both you and I are considered mavericks, that we think outside of the box. When did this become purposeful for you? When did this mission really start?

DR. BREDESEN: Thanks Danny, so let me start by saying I really appreciate your work in psychiatry because you are asking how these diseases actually occur instead of just saying that we’re gonna follow some arbitrary rules. You’re saying, “what is the neurophysiology of psychiatric diseases,” and I think that’s huge and that’s exactly what should happen in the 21st century.

I came from probably a fairly similar background to you, being trained classically and I’ve spent my whole career in academia. We wanted to ask a fundamental question, which is, “why do neurons degenerate?” We’ve spent 30 years in the lab asking the basic molecular biology and genetics of neurodegeneration and what happened over all those years is that we saw this problem is a multifaceted problem. It’s not a simple thing like pneumococcal pneumonia. As you know, we were pretty much all dying a hundred years ago of these infectious illnesses, but now you get the pneumococcus, you’re okay. You get the TB, you can kill it with a drug, you’re fine. These complex chronic illnesses – Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, psychiatric diseases – they have more than one component.

We could see there were many many different inputs, so we published over 220 papers on various aspects of Alzheimer’s when we realized at some point, “hey, wait a minute, there’s a bigger picture here.” We tell the patients, “imagine you have a roof with 36 holes in it,” because we initially identified 36 different contributors. Maybe you have to cover all those holes to make a big difference, and that’s exactly what happens with the human patients.

Unlike infectious illnesses, Dr. Bredesen explains these psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s, are multifaceted problems for our bodies to deal with and cannot be treated with one solution, such with an antibiotic.

Initially, Dr. Bredesen found 36 different contributors to Alzheimer’s through his research. Later, Dr. Bredesen describes how most patients have between 10 and 25 contributors to their Alzheimer’s diagnosis. This means in order to come up with a holistic solution, each contributor must be evaluated for the patient.

When it comes to tuberculosis, for example, we have a simpler solution in the form of a drug, but for a neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s, you must approach treatment through many individual problems before the patient can heal.

Alzheimer’s Disease & Roads to Devastation

DR. AMEN: So, many years ago when I started looking at the brain, we used a couple of studies here, with the most important one to us being SPECT that looks at blood flow and activity almost right away. I went, “oh, ADD is not one thing, depression is not one thing, bipolar disorder is not one thing, schizophrenia is not one thing,” and what you’re saying is Alzheimer’s is clearly not one thing and it’s got many different roads to devastation, and if you’re gonna prevent it, reverse it, slow it, you actually have to attack all of the risk factors.

DR. BREDESEN: When we started looking at larger datasets instead of simply looking at sodium and potassium and that kind of usual stuff, we found that for people with cognitive decline or risk from cognitive decline, they fell into groups. And we published this a few years ago, so you can see people who have dementia are associated with chronic inflammation, which we call type 1 or inflammatory Alzheimer’s. And people who have problems with trophic loss so that you’ve got a situation where you’re withdrawing trophic support, be it from estradiol, vitamin D, B12, testosterone, what have you, that is associated with cognitive decline, or what we call type 2. Or, people who have essentially sugar toxicity we call type 1.5 because it has both some inflammation and also trophic loss and insulin resistance. And then we also found a subgroup of people whose main problem is toxic exposure, be it from biotoxins like mycotoxins, or things like mercury, you can see that these people have the decline and until you treat that and remove it you will not see improvement.

So the big surprise was what we call Alzheimer’s disease is actually a protective response surprisingly to these different insults.

In recent years, the medical field has begun to understand Alzheimer’s as a disease with many causes. Similar to Dr. Amen’s research in ADD with brain SPECT imaging, the body can show physical damage differently depending on patients with the same diagnosis of a mental illness. This has lead Dr. Amen to apply treatment seven different ways for the seven types of ADD he observes in the brain.

Similarly, Dr. Bredesen has found that by categorizing patients into types he can begin to treat patients with solutions that show improvement. These contributors are complex and include chronic inflammation from a variety of causes as well as toxic exposure.

What’s unique is that Dr. Bredesen views these contributors as part of the body’s natural protective response. By measuring these contributors, he has begun to understand how the body is reacting to guard itself. Dr. Bredesen believes that is the key to solving Alzheimer’s disease – identifying the body’s natural reaction to what it interprets as an insult, and then removing those insults from the patient’s environment and body.

Dr. Amen and Dr. Bredesen go on to discuss amyloid as a possible contributor to Alzheimer’s disease, which is a type of protein that has been observed deposited more often in patients with Alzheimer’s.

Amyloid & Genetic Alzheimer’s

DR. AMEN: So talk more about that, I mean, that’s revolutionary. I’m involved in imaging and so I’ve talked a lot to my friends at GE, they make the medicine we use for doing SPECT scans, but they also make the amyloid imaging agent and I think they spent a hundred million dollars developing it and I’m like, “SPECT will actually give you more information that sort of says Alzheimer’s or not.” What you’re saying is actually different, that if you have a high amyloid load, yes, you could be on your way to Alzheimer’s disease, but amyloid is not the cause, it’s the reaction.

DR. BREDESEN: It is the reaction. So what happens is, and there are very nice studies out of Harvard on this, amyloid has turned out to be an antimicrobial. So you are producing this because it damages microbes. You are producing this because it responds to inflammation.

So, my point is it’s all well and good to think about removing the amyloid, but more important, let’s think about removing the causes and there are often many contributors. We typically find 10 to 25 contributors for each person, so don’t take the amyloid away until you take the inducers of the amyloid away, and we’ve had a number of people come through who had their amyloid removed by antibodies who did much worse when they had that removed, so you want to remove the cause – the inducers, first.

DR. AMEN: Are there any studies showing that removing the amyloid in humans improves cognitive function?

DR. BREDESEN: No, not to date, and there have been many attempts, as you know.

I think the best suggestion for the theory, of course, would be the people who have mutations. With the rare people who have mutations in the APP gene, that leads to an increase in amyloid and to develop familial Alzheimer’s, however, I think the problem has been that people want to make this simple so they say, “is amyloid the cause, yes or no?” instead of saying “isn’t it more likely that amyloid is part of the overall story?” but it’s not the entire story.

I think that’s what we’re seeing here in fact, again, it is a protective response that is associated with a downsizing of your overall neuronal network and so when we look at the parent of amyloid VIII, the amyloid precursor protein, we can see directly in a molecular way, what feeds into whether it’s going to be on the amyloid side or whether it’s going to be on the anti-amyloid side and the really interesting thing is that the amyloid precursor protein can be cleaved in two opposing ways. So literally it can support neurite growth and synapse formation or neurite retraction and synapse loss, so it literally can make amyloid and be part of the downsizing of Alzheimer’s, or it can go the other direction and support synapse formation. It is literally a molecular switch.

There are studies pursuing whether or not removing amyloid in humans improves cognitive function, but Dr. Bredesen believes these will continue to falter with solving Alzheimer’s disease until we are able to better understand how the build up occurs.

This is a complex issue: identifying patients who have this abnormal buildup, identifying how it occured, and providing a solution that shows improvement for an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. This is discussed as just one possible contributor towards the overall illness, and a patient typically has between 10 and 25 contributors that must be addressed before showing improvement.

Practical Takeaways to End Alzheimer’s

DR. AMEN: So, let’s talk about the practical takeaways from “ The End of Alzheimer’s.” What are things people can do today to protect their minds or even get it back if they think it’s headed for trouble?

DR. BREDESEN: Absolutely. So you know the key here is that this disease should be a rare disease. It’s now the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Dementia is the number one cause of death in the UK, so this is a huge and common problem and it actually should be a rare problem, so we recommend that people actually get their numbers checked, to get their cognoscopy, and then you can see. So if you have a high HSCRP, you have ongoing inflammation. You need to reduce that and it’s not good enough just to say, “I’m gonna take an anti-inflammatory.” What you have to find out is what’s causing your inflammation. Is it part of metabolic syndrome? Is it part of a response to mycotoxins? To mold produced toxins as you mentioned? Is it part of a response to a specific pathogen? So you need to understand that, and of course your practitioner can help you with that, especially if they’re trained to do so.

DR. AMEN: Although, let me just interrupt you. Most people’s practitioners are not trained in functional medicine or integrative medicine, and so it’s very important to work with someone who has a sense you’re a whole person, you’re an integrated person and if you have depression, it does not mean you have a prozac deficiency. So, getting the right kind of help, we also did an interesting study here where we screened 50 consecutive patients who are not taking fish oil. We did an omega-3 index on them and 49 of them had low or suboptimal levels. It’s stunning. That’s another cause of inflammation.

DR. BREDESEN: Absolutely. Of course you know most of us have too high omega-6 and too low omega-3, so yes, part of this is we are giving ourselves this industrial associated disease. We’re living in a toxic world. We’re living in a world that has depleted soils. We’re living in a world where most of us have too low omega-3s.

So we are to some extent giving ourselves Alzheimer’s disease or at least a very high risk for Alzheimer’s disease. So what we need to do is ferret out all the things that are contributing. So as you said, what can you do, practically check out your HSCRP and address that. Check out your fasting insulin. If you’re fasting insulin is over five, you’re developing insulin resistance and that is a contributor to dementia and you can address that. Check out if you have exposure to metals. If you want to make more amyloid, give yourself plenty of copper or mercury and you will make more amyloid. So you want to understand whether you’ve got those exposures.

In the end, Dr. Bredesen recommends a “cognoscopy” to begin identifying a patient’s main contributors, a series of assessments Dr. Bredesen has defined with MPI Cognition. Once a contributor is measured, such as HSCRP or high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, your doctor can assess how this contributor occured. It is not enough to provide a solution to the inflammation, but your doctor must also investigate why it happened.

Dr. Amen expresses how many practitioners do not take an integrative approach to medicine, and it is very common to find a doctor will prescribe a drug to help with symptoms but it is essential to find a doctor who understands the importance of helping you find the cause.

This is related to the toxicity in our environment, and Dr. Bredesen calls this industrial associated disease. Exposure to metals, such as copper and mercury, is an additional contributor to Alzheimer’s disease, and a patient’s symptoms will not likely improve until all contributors are identified and treated for. Patients with Alzheimer’s disease should seek help from doctors who understand this connection.

Toxins & Herbal Supplements for Stress

DR. AMEN: So the T in BRIGHT MINDS, our program for helping heal mental health issues and strengthen memory, stands for “toxins.”

So we’ve talked about that a little but, when I first started doing imaging, I was the director of a dual diagnosis unit which is a psychiatric hospital unit that takes care of drug addicts, and I would bring the bad scans home to my children and effectively induce anxiety disorders in all four of them about substance abuse, and that’s why I’ve always been suspicious of “marijuana is good for your brain.”

We published a study on a thousand pot smokers showing every area of the brain was lower, especially the hippocampus. And alcohol is related to seven different kinds of cancer, and chemotherapy is bad for your brain, so in my mind less is better, but I’d be interested in your thoughts on it.

I spoke at the Alzheimer’s Association here in Orange County and they had alcohol as one of the refreshments and, you know, I’m always polite when I go places. Internally, I was like “Seriously?” We don’t love our brains as much as we should.

DR. BREDESEN: It’s a really good point, and then for so many people this is an important part of their lives, and of course without it there’s an increase in cortisol, so I think you have to kind of balance it. Along those same lines, what do you recommend as far as CBD oil?

DR. AMEN: You know, there’s a new study out of NYU showing it helped decrease seizure activity in children. It’s not been legal long enough for us to really have good studies with it, and there’s so many other things to help you relax, as you know, both you and I are huge fans of meditation. I’m a huge fan of hypnosis and self-hypnosis.

But I also like saffron, one of my favorite spices, to improve your mood and decrease stress, relax. Ralora is another one that blocks cortisol. You know and our listeners know we founded BrainMD, our supplement company, and I got interested in it because a lot of the medications I use to lower your stress and anxiety were just flat-out toxic for brain function. So whether it’s Xanax, Adavan, Valium or Klonopin, you know, it’s very rare I prescribe them anymore because they cause overall decreased blood flow to your brain.

DR. BREDESEN: Yeah, look at the remarkable things you have with the herbs, I mean, look what you have from bacopa to rhodiola, these things can be very helpful, and why are you out there prescribing a drug?

DR. AMEN: Right, at least you know, I mean, here at Amen Clinics we’re not opposed to drugs, we’re just opposed to that’s the first and only thing you do when there’s so many other things, including rhodiola, ginseng, ashwagandha and green tea extract, and it works so well. It doesn’t amp you like Adderall, it gives you focus while at the same time decreasing stress, so you know, I’m just a huge fan of other ways to think about helping people.

There’s an interesting line drawn between toxins and herbs where Dr. Bredesen describes how people find ways to reduce stress and cortisol, turning to ingredients such as CBD oil for relief, while Dr. Amen believes “less is better” when it comes to marijuana and alcohol, favoring meditation, hypnosis and several herbs including saffron, ashwagandha and ginseng.

Both experts are unique in their style of practicing medicine as mavericks in their field.

Call us today at 888-288-9834 or tell us more online for availability at a clinic near you, and watch the video below on the full discussion of “The End of Alzheimer’s” with Dr. Dale Bredesen.

35 Comments »

  1. Could you let me know if dr Dale Bredesen is seeing patients? I read dr Amen’s interview with Dr Bredesen . My mom has dementia and needs help. Her dr is only treating the symptoms. My dad is interested in getting her help from a dr such as Dr Bredesen to help her reverse her dementia for possible. Thanks for any info. My parents reside in South Florida.
    K. Antanaitis

    Comment by Katarzyna Antanaitis — August 14, 2018 @ 6:30 PM

  2. I’m 72 years old so far so good but I’m starting to forget things and I write everything down I have high cholesterol, what can I do my husband is 78 ,I told my Dr and he gave me Xanax for my depression. I stopped coloring my hair cause I get headaches.

    Comment by Carmen N Zayas — September 3, 2018 @ 1:58 PM

  3. Hello Carmen, we will have a Care Coordinator reach out to you. Thank you for contacting us.

    Comment by Amen Clinics — September 4, 2018 @ 11:25 AM

  4. My wife has been diagnosed with alzheimers, please let me know if you can heph her. Please let me know as soon as possible.
    Thank you.

    Comment by Eduardo Vallejo — September 12, 2018 @ 10:29 AM

  5. Hello Eduardo, we will have a Care Coordinator reach out to you directly to discuss more with you. Thank you for reaching out about your wife. If you’d like to reach us directly, please call 888-288-9834.

    Comment by Amen Clinics — September 12, 2018 @ 2:32 PM

  6. My mother 84 was diagnosed with Alzheimer’ 2ywars ago. I read Dr Dale Bredesen Book and I am trying to keep the diet but can a doctor see her ? When she was diagnosed all they did was a C T scan . She is still well but declining. Please give me some hope .

    Comment by Sissi vatela — October 14, 2018 @ 7:02 PM

  7. Hello!

    I have high levels of mercury , lead and aluminium in my body and have had about 20 sessions of chelation. However, my body isn’t chelating the metals very well and I am so demoralized. I am also very worried that my brain doesn’t work as well as it should. I have a very healthy diet and take supplements every day. I am 66. Any other ideas/options?
    Thank you!

    Patricia

    Comment by Mary Patricia Fullerton — October 24, 2018 @ 12:21 PM

  8. My husband just turned 57 and has been diagnosed with possible behavioral variant FTD. We just started seeing Dr. Rob McCarthy who mentioned you. I have read the information here and I was wondering if you think my husband could get better ? It has been going on for a little over a year . It has been really rough. He sees a specialist at UNC Dr. Kaufer but there is no cure.
    Thanks
    Alyssa

    Comment by Alyssa Sugar — November 4, 2018 @ 3:48 PM

  9. My name is Susan Mieras and I live on the east coast. My brother is Peter Mieras and he tells me he is involved with your protocol for his cognitive issues he is experiencing and his fear of impending Alzheimer’s. My sisters and I don’t know how we can help Peter. We would like to be in contact with you during his treatment.

    Comment by Susan Mieras — November 23, 2018 @ 2:02 PM

  10. Hello Susan, thank you for reaching out. We have received your contact information and will have a Care Coordinator reach out to you.

    Comment by Amen Clinics — November 23, 2018 @ 2:30 PM

  11. Hello. My motheer (82) has some form of dementia, said to be ALZ by 1st dr. Present dr doesn’t deem it necessary to “diagnose” type of dementia. Only general health care is verified. She lives in Kissimmee, FL. I live overseas and visit. Just becme aware of Dr Bredeson’s book and went online. Found you. Please tell me how we can find an appropriate evaluation of Mom, and help. Otherwise she is healthy. No reason to not step in with specific care!
    Then I need to know how to get evaluation and help for another person in KC, MO. Thank you, Beth

    Comment by Beth Menezes — January 30, 2019 @ 6:31 AM

  12. I am very interested in your research and therapeutic approaches for Alzheimer’s disease as we have one case in our family at present (one of my sisters-in-law). Could you tell us where you have colleagues in France working along the same lines and where Doctors identify the main contributors with different assessments.
    Many thanks for your comprehension.
    Elisabeth Stussi

    Comment by Stussi elisabeth — February 1, 2019 @ 5:43 AM

  13. Hi Mary,

    What supplements are you taking? Have you removed sources of heavy metal contamination? Do you drink alcohol? Do you drink fluoridated water or use other products with fluoride? What protocol have you been using for chelation?

    Comment by Mike — February 23, 2019 @ 12:04 PM

  14. My wife has was diagnose with Alzheimer 2016 there’s a herbal foundation in Johannesburg they cured my wife Alzheimer’s disease . Pm me i will give their details. People can search about them on Google or youtube(total cure herbal foundation). My wife faced many difficulties and was in several depression, Trouble understanding visual image, aggression ,so many,. This thing happened to her in very crucial stage of our life. PM if someone needs info or buy direct from them totalcureherbsfoundation com they cured 100% of Alzheimer with their herbal formula .

    Comment by Finlay Cedar — March 1, 2019 @ 2:09 AM

  15. I am a psychiatrist, interested in this with an open mind, but after several years I see little in the professional literature. What is available in the professional literature supporting this? Are other researchers now involved?

    Also, is there a TED talk or something available for the general public about this?

    Comment by Linda Gochfeld, MD — March 15, 2019 @ 3:29 AM

  16. Hello Linda, thank you for reaching out. Here is a link to Daniel G. Amen, MD on TEDx: https://youtu.be/esPRsT-lmw8. Additionally if you would like to connect with one of our Clinic Outreach Managers, you can contact the clinic closest to you and ask for the person under this title. Here are our locations: https://amenclinics.com/locations/.

    Comment by Amen Clinics — March 15, 2019 @ 7:39 AM

  17. My husband has been having memory issues for a while now. He was on a trial group but his body started to produce antibodies and was removed from the trial group. The Veterans prescribed medications (pills, patches, etc.) that can ‘delay but not cure’ and caused some stomach issues. He stopped using them. He is on an over the counter medication that is CUR-Q10 Ultra which is basically a supplement distributed by Stop Aging Now. We’ve not seen any significant help with his memory issues. If there is anything I can do to help him or any doctor I can take him to that can offer some help, please let me know.

    Comment by Rose Rivers — April 14, 2019 @ 11:24 AM

  18. I tried to register some time back only to discover and old address was still in force. This left you with the impression that I was trying to register a second person. Since that time I have cancelled the old address and I would like to register again, however, I don’t seem to be able to return to the registration site. Perhaps you can help me.

    Yesteay I sent you an email describing the present condition of myself and my wife and have not yet heard back from you. I look forward to your reply

    Much obliged
    Brian McGuire

    Comment by GEORGE B MCGUIRE — May 17, 2019 @ 5:46 AM

  19. Hello Dr. Bredesen and Dr. Amen, I have the APOL4 gene. My memory is going to “pot” and I’m extremely worried. I’m doing the best that I can to overcome dementia– including running 22 miles a week, lifting weights 3 x a week and doing yoga four or five times a week. I keep my weight under control. I weigh between 114 lbs and 116 lbs. I’m 5’2 1/2″. I take a long list supplements including CBD oil. I don’t drink alcohol. I don’t eat gluten or sugar or eat red meat. What else can I do? Can you recommend a clinic near my home town in Los Altos? Or, should I call the number 855 972 4857. Thank you very much. Ellen Clark

    Comment by Ellen Clark — July 22, 2019 @ 8:00 PM

  20. Hello Ellen, thank you for reaching out. We’d be happy to contact you via email to discuss your memory and what we can offer you nearest to Los Altos. We look forward to speaking with you!

    Comment by Amen Clinics — July 23, 2019 @ 2:27 PM

  21. My mother has AD and is taking the standard Rx. Is it possible to use the ReCode protocol to reverse moderate AD? She lives in harrisonburg,Va. Are there trained MDs in the protocol in Va?

    Comment by Terri Snidow — September 22, 2019 @ 4:28 PM

  22. My wife has been diagnosed with early onset dementia. She is 64. Her short term memory is almost non-existent. Showing sundowner and confusion with doing simple tasks. Would like to know if there is a Dr or clinic in the Portland Oregon area that works with Dr Bredesen’s protocols. Thanks Jim

    Comment by Jim hopkins — September 25, 2019 @ 9:01 AM

  23. i have an uncle who is about 83 years old. he was diagnose with Alzheimer / dementia. he was put into a home . can you still help him?

    Comment by Diane Kus — September 25, 2019 @ 12:17 PM

  24. My brother-in-law just recently scored a 12 on the MMSE test. I have heard mixed reviews on the accuracy of that test. We lost my sister (his wife) 15 months ago following a 2 year battle with cancer and I feel the stress of the grieving process has likely caused an advance in memory decline as he tested 21 only a few months ago.
    My 1st question is could that low score be variable with the stress that he has been under? Also, he has reached a point where his Dr says he needs 24/7 care. She has ordered an MRI, EEG, and a Neuropsychological evaluation. We are impatiently waiting for those tests to be scheduled with the insurance approvals. The doctor said following those tests she will do a re-evaluation. The only family near him works so it is very difficult to arrange 24/7 care at home, yet we are reluctant to jump to an assisted living if there is any hope whatsoever that it could be reversed.
    I have only had the opportunity to look over the summary of Dr Bredesen’s book An End to Alzheimers. From what I have read so far it sounds like an advanced case may be difficult if not impossible to reverse. Just looking for some guidance on the next right step for the safety of him and others. But with the current situation we need to move quickly! Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

    Comment by Annette — October 5, 2019 @ 4:47 PM

  25. Hello Annette, thank you for reaching out. We have developed a Memory Rescue: BRIGHT MINDS Program at Amen Clinics and we’d be happy to reach out to you to discuss this further as well as brain SPECT imaging and other types of consultations and evaluations that we offer. In the meantime, here is more information on our Memory Rescue Program: https://amenclinics.com/memory-rescue-program/.

    Comment by Amen Clinics — October 8, 2019 @ 6:40 AM

  26. Hi,
    Do you have partnerships with clinics in Continental Europe?
    My mum is being diagnosed Alzheimer, but her doctor says there is not much to be done, as it will get progressively worse.

    Unfortunately she is quite anxious and taking planes to come to the US is not an option.

    Let me know
    Regards

    Comment by Rosa Sangiorgio — October 9, 2019 @ 12:11 PM

  27. Do you have a clinic in Poland ?

    Comment by Bozena — October 20, 2019 @ 4:15 PM

  28. At this time we only have clinics in the U.S. https://amenclinics.com/locations/.

    Comment by Amen Clinics — October 21, 2019 @ 7:06 AM

  29. My name is Shirley. I was taking hormone’s for 26 years, and everything was fine, then I was diagnosed with a very small tumor on my left breast which was removed 4 1/2 years ago, I would like to go back on hormones but my doctor does not agree. my problem is I’m losing my memory,I have trouble with just a small sentence, can you help me? I live in Roseville ca, please respond asap.

    Comment by Shirley Baisden — November 11, 2019 @ 7:03 PM

  30. Do you believe there is a relationship between hepatic encephalopathy & Alzheimer’s? HE impairs ammonia detoxification. The parthenogenesis of disrupted ammonia detoxification resembles that of Alzheimer’s disease. My mother has HE and is quickly (days/weeks) taking on symptoms of rapidly advancing Alzheimer’s.

    If so, what type of AD does this most closely resemble? My mom also suffers from frequent auditory hallucinations which would be reminiscent of Lewy body disease. I’m essentially looking for very general direction with treatment.

    Comment by Gregg Eaton — November 22, 2019 @ 8:33 AM

  31. I understand Dr Bredersen works with neurologists around the country who can conduct a cognoscopy. Are their any in Orange County California you can recommend? Can I get their name and contact information please?

    Comment by Renee Green — January 20, 2020 @ 9:55 AM

  32. Just this morning I was discussing my memory decline and genetic history of Alzheimer’s Disease, when the Amen clinic was mentioned. I had adapted a Keto lifestyle for the brain function benefits mostly, but enjoyed a significant weight loss as well. 6 months in, cholesterol levels skyrocketed and my (Emory) MD wants to refer me to a cardiologist- with no other cardiac risk factors. ( I am 61) I refused the referral, did agree to restart the Statin and with extreme reluctance stopped the keto diet until I can find an internist that can “think outside the box” and manage my AD risk without jeopardizing my cardiac health. I Was discussing all this with my dentist and they mentioned the Amen clinic right around the corner from them. I have been doing some research today and reviewed the clinic website. I didn’t get the feel from the clinic web site that other than the SPEc scan This clinic does much in the field of what Dr. Amen and Predesen are discussing in this webcast. (Mostly psychiatry). Does this staff participate in the mentioned coding protocol, manage high cholesterol with a high fat diet and do you do consults to determine if this is a right fit? Would enjoy a response, but I suspect I will reach out shortly if I don’t get one. Kind regards, NM

    Comment by Nancy — February 13, 2020 @ 6:59 PM

  33. Fantastic. This gives such hope for ones friends, and determination to change ones lifestyle. For me it’s eating less. I do eat healthy food,but too much, and cut off from the gym because of the demands of study and corona virus risk I need more exercise. Thank you both for your creative research and work

    Comment by judith Roach — July 3, 2020 @ 2:24 PM

  34. My Dad has AD and would like to get some help for him. He was on androgen deprivation therapy for almost 6 years for his prostate cancer and believe that may have caused his AD. I have read articles on testosterone and brain health. He has made some dietary changes but does not want to give up his beer. He is not a heavy drinker but beer was on his list of having a moderate sensitivity from a hair sample food sensitivity test he had done. What do you know about AD and alcohol? I have read conflicting info. on that. Thank you for your work and support.

    Comment by Susan Tessner — August 13, 2020 @ 7:44 PM

  35. great post, very informative. I wonder why the other specialists of this sector do not notice this. You should continue your writing. I am sure, you've a huge readers' base already!

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