Richard Isaacson is a board-certified neurologist and director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian.
What you'll learn from this episode:
Strategies for staving off Alzheimer's disease and other forms of cognitive impairment.
Dr. Isaacson's recent study, which found that a personalized intervention not only stopped cognitive decline in people at risk for Alzheimer's disease, but increased their memory and thinking skills within 18 months.
The effect of exercise, sleep, and diet on cognitive health.
The implications of carrying the ApoE4 gene (as one in four people do) and why Dr. Isaacson isn't afraid of it.
How to get free, advanced exercise content via alzu.org instructed by none other than yours truly!
And so much more!
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Resources from this episode:
Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine
Richard S. Isaacson at New York-Presbyterian
Individualized Clinical Management of Patients at Risk for Alzheimer's Dementia by Richard S. Isaacson et al., Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Using the APOE4 Gene to Determine Alzheimer's Care by Richard S. Isaacson, MD, Medscape
Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life by Max Lugavere and Paul Grewal M.D.
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