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June 19, 2025•From Dr. Bredesen, News
In his blog, Dr. Bredesen discusses his recent interaction with a biased reporter and the resulting front-page publication in the New York Times. The data that now show, unequivocally, that cognitive decline can be reversed in many (but not all) cases are still being denied, despite multiple publications, by those with links to the pharmaceutical industry. It will take impartial reporting, and possibly a public debate, to move forward and continue to improve outcomes for those in need. Read More »
May 22, 2025•From Dr. Bredesen, News
Setting the Record Straight: Yes, Cognitive Decline Can Be Reversed
About eight months ago, a reporter from The New York Times reached out, planning to cover one of the most important medical breakthroughs of our time: the reversal of cognitive decline. Mainstream medicine still claims it’s impossible. Yet we’ve published multiple peer-reviewed studies — and conducted a successful clinical trial — proving otherwise. We’ve witnessed it repeatedly in real-world practice. A story in the Times could have helped millions discover that cognitive decline is no longer a life sentence. Read More »
May 15, 2025•From Dr. Bredesen, News
In Dr. Bredesen’s blog, Walking Into the Future, he describes the history that has led to the ongoing reversals of cognitive decline, from the first visit of Patient Zero in 2012 to the ongoing 3000-mile walk across the country by Judy Benjamin, that first patient. The requisite tests and treatment are now all in place to make dementia a rare condition, and Judy’s walk across the country is bringing hope to so many in need. Read More »
April 17, 2025•From Dr. Bredesen, News
In his blog Scylla or Charybdis?, Dr. Bredesen compares the many widely promoted unhelpful Alzheimer’s treatment strategies to the two monsters in Greek mythology that tortured sailors on either side of the narrow Straits of Messina — forcing them to choose between the lesser of two evils. Read on to learn of the dangers facing the Alzheimer’s community, while knowing we do have a safe path forward thanks to his proven record of success. Read More »
March 19, 2025•From Dr. Bredesen, News, Nutrition
In his blog Food(s) for Thought(s), Dr. Bredesen explores the qualities necessary for a brain-healthy diet to preserve and restore the loss of synaptic connection that accompanies Alzheimer’s disease. He outlines the many mechanisms (e.g. provides key nutrients, anti-inflammatory effects, restoration of metabolism and more) that need to be addressed using food as medicine and comes up with a tasty solution. Read More »
February 17, 2025•From Dr. Bredesen, News
In Apple Cider Vinegar, Dr. Bredesen discusses the new Netflix series of the same name. This series raises questions about alternative therapies in the era of social networking. However, it also raises the tacit question of why so much trust has been lost in mainstream medicine, pushing so many to seek, and often find, success in areas such as functional medicine and integrative medicine. Read More »
January 16, 2025•From Dr. Bredesen, News
The Illhehad and the Odyssey: Remarkable Progress from Biomarker Testing
The ability to peer into the brain without expensive, harmful, and invasive procedures has long been a holy grail in neuroscience. Now, thanks to the emergence of novel blood-based biomarkers found in BrainScan, this is finally becoming a reality. In Dr. Bredesen's blog, The Illhehad and the Odyssey: Remarkable Progress from Biomarker Testing, he explores the lessons learned from this groundbreaking innovation. Read More »
December 19, 2024•From Dr. Bredesen, News
In Dr. Bredesen’s blog, 2025 May Be the Year, he describes a recent patient who ran into a tragic, and sadly all-too-common problem with healthcare. Recent events have highlighted the dire need for a less antiquated system of healthcare and public health. When it comes to healthcare costs, the US is the world leader, but when it comes to healthcare results, the US trails behind all comparable countries, from the UK to Australia to Canada to France to Germany to Switzerland to Japan, South Korea, and on and on. Yet despite these sobering statistics, recent disruptive events offer hope that change may finally be at hand. Read More »