Audio Version: https://overcast.fm/+ABN64PpjuTY Today we will explore the evolving landscape of dementia, with a particular focus on Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy Body dementia, and Frontotemporal dementia. Whether you are a clinician, caregiver, researcher, or someone navigating these conditions with a loved one, this episode aims to inform and empower. We begin with the etiology of Alzheimer’sContinueContinue reading “Podcast Dementia Notes”
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Best Dietary for Healthy Aging
A recent important study published in Nature Medicine examines the impact of long-term adherence to various dietary patterns on healthy aging. Utilizing data from the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study – over 100K people in their early fifties followed for 30 years – in the end, only 23% of them were free ofContinueContinue reading “Best Dietary for Healthy Aging”
Sleep is good, may prevent dementia
How the brain gets rid of its chemical waste through the glymphatics during sleep, via blood vessel oscillations, regulated by norepinephrine. Impeded by Ambien. • Norepinephrine release from the locus coeruleus drives slow vasomotion in NREM sleep • Infraslow norepinephrine oscillations control opposing changes in blood and CSF volumes • Norepinephrine oscillation frequency during NREMContinueContinue reading “Sleep is good, may prevent dementia”
Dr Bob, Brain Mechanic 