1. First Came Questions and a Compulsion to Find the Answers:
I am an academic physician and experimental psychologist (PhD/MD)
Retired and turning 70
With a strong family history of Alzheimer’s disease
Getting forgetful with word-finding difficulties
NOT reassured by two eminent neurologists and their 20-minute and mildly patronizing “Normal for Age” office evaluations
I remained bad at remembering names and where I put things, and still needed to find a satisfactory answer to the question:
2. Then Came the Work
I could still READ and WRITE with confidence.
So,
Over the next 4 years I read about 1200 scientific articles and wrote and published a 364-page book with 535 references: “Must-have information about the challenges and solutions for our aging brains”
3. Followed by the Website:
and now,
4. Turning From Science to (Informed) Opinion:
The BLOG
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