How To Reverse Or Reduce Your Risk Of Alzheimer’s And Dementia

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  For so long, we’ve been told that memory loss and dementia
are just normal parts of aging. We now know it doesn’t have to be
that way, and that there are many measures we can proactively take
to avoid cognitive decline as we age. Emerging research is helping
us look at new ways to treat and even prevent devastating
neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia, giving people
a newfound sense of hope.   In today’s episode, I talk with
Dr. Marwan Sabbagh, Dr. Richard Isaacson, and Dr. Jay Lombard about
the role of genetics in brain disorders, lifestyle habits you can
start right now to reduce your risk or reverse symptoms, and why we
need to look at bacteria as a cause of neurodegenerative
disease.    Dr. Marwan Sabbagh is a board-certified
neurologist and considered one of the leading experts in
Alzheimer’s and dementia. He is on the editorial board for the
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and BMC Neurology and is now
Editor-in-Chief of Neurology and Therapy. Dr. Sabbagh is the author
of The Alzheimer’s Answer: Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain
Healthy and The Alzheimer’s Prevention Cookbook: 100 Recipes to
Boost Brain Health. His latest book, Fighting for My Life: How to
Thrive in the Shadow of Alzheimer’s, is now available. Dr. Richard
Isaacson serves as Director of the Center for Brain Health and
Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic (APC) at Florida
Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine. He previously
served as Director of the APC at the Weill Cornell Memory Disorders
Program, Assistant Dean of Faculty Development, and Associate
Professor of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine and New
York-Presbyterian. He remains as Adjunct Associate Professor of
Neurology in the Department of Neurology at Weill Cornell. 
Dr. Jay Lombard is an internationally acclaimed neurologist,
author, and keynote speaker specializing in neuroimmunological
conditions and medical mysteries. Dr. Lombard integrates
biological, psychological, and existential components in his
holistic treatment approach. Dr. Lombard’s clinical experience
revealed an interesting pattern: one patient with ALS also had
small-intestine bacterial overgrowth, another had ulcerative
colitis, yet another had Crohn’s, and so on. He started seeing the
connections between these bacterial imbalances and Clostridium
difficile, or C. diff, and the link to neurological symptoms.
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interviews can be found here: Dr. Marwan Sabbagh Dr. Richard
Isaacson Dr. Jay Lombard