by Jimmy Carter | Jul 26, 2018 | Alzheimer’s, Dementia
On Wednesday, the search for a drug to treat Alzheimer’s reached a hopeful crossroads. For the first time in a large clinical trial, a new drug both reduced plaques in brains of sufferers with Alzheimer’s and slowed the progression of dementia. These results were...
by Jimmy Carter | Jul 25, 2018 | Dementia, Uncategorized
There are many causes of dementia, some of which are probably not preventable. On the other hand, dementia that originates from toxic substances—a form of degenerative dementia—is one we may be able to avoid by limiting our exposure to those toxins. Here we will...
by Jimmy Carter | Jul 20, 2018 | Alzheimer’s, Dementia
Almost everyone has someone in their life who has been touched by dementia and the number of diagnoses continue to grow at an alarming rate. It’s estimated that 82 million people worldwide will have dementia by 2030, according to the World Health Organization. In the...
by Jimmy Carter | Jul 18, 2018 | Dementia, Vascular Dementia
What is vascular dementia? Vascular dementia or vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) occurs when the blood flow to the brain is impaired. Inadequate blood flow can damage and kill cells anywhere in the body, but the brain, home to one of the body’s richest networks of...
by Jimmy Carter | Jul 16, 2018 | Alzheimer’s
Dementia and Alzheimer’s are an epidemic in America today. A staggering 5.7 million adults currently hold an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. That number is only expected to rise, to a projected 14 million Alzheimer’s patients by 2050 in the U.S. alone.1 Of note, less than 1%...
