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The first survivors of Alzheimer's : how patients recovered life and hope in their own words / Dale E. Bredesen, MD.

Bredesen, Dale E., (author.).

Summary:

"First person stories of patients who recovered from Alzheimer's Disease--and how they did it"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593192429
Physical Description: xxvi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Lost in translation -- Part one. It tolls for thee no more: The first survivors tell their own stories -- Kristin's story: Zero is far from nothing -- Deborah's story: My father's daughter -- Edward's story: Outdistancing Alzheimer's -- Macy's story: Disaster relief -- Sally's story: A failed trial -- Frank's story: Señor moments -- Julie's story: Good luck with that -- Part two. Toward a world of survivors -- Questions and pushback: Resistance training -- Misconceptions and misperceptions: Digging in our heals -- Quantified self and the reversal of cognitive decline -- Adaptation, application: Might other diseases respond? -- Gums, germs, and steal: A pandemic twofer -- Enhancing 'Normal' cognition: Be all you can be -- The revolution will not be televised (or reimbursed)