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February 5, 2024•From Dr. Bredesen, News
The Emperor’s New Brain on 60 Minutes
In the Emperor’s New Brain on 60 Minutes, Dr. Dale Bredesen draws a parallel between the Hans Christian Anderson folktale and a segment on 60 Minutes in which a neurosurgeon used focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier on Alzheimer’s patients to treat them with the anti-amyloid antibody aducanumab — with no proof of cognitive benefit. Read More »
January 18, 2024•From Dr. Bredesen, News
In his blog, My Maserati does 25?!, Dr. Bredesen helps readers understand the concept of reduced brain energetics by describing what happens when a high-performance Maserati begins to underperform. By increasing energetic support for the brain and decreasing the drag (inflammation and toxicity), he encourages us all to keep our brains functioning at peak performance. Read More »
December 18, 2023•From Dr. Bredesen, News
In his blog Exponential Progress, Dr. Bredesen closes out the year by outlining the many advances we’ve made towards making Alzheimer’s the rare disease it should be leading to a new year full of optimism and progress. Read More »
November 16, 2023•From Dr. Bredesen, News
In his blog from Dark to Golden, Dr. Bredesen reviews and expresses gratitude for the groundbreaking progress we’ve made in treating Alzheimer’s leading us from the dark ages to a truly golden era. Read More »
October 18, 2023•From Dr. Bredesen, News
Dr. Bredesen shares his impressions from watching the documentary, Memories for Life — Reversing Alzheimer's, which had him reflecting on ikigai (life purpose), explaining that it fits in perfectly as the eighth strategy of the Bredesen Seven. Read More »
September 13, 2023•From Dr. Bredesen, News
In his blog, The “Noble Prize,” Dr. Dale Bredesen offers an alternative to the Nobel Prize and lists three possible awardees that have made a significant impact on healthcare, including Dr. Lee Hood for DNA Sequencing, Dr. Jeffrey Bland, the father of functional medicine, and Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker for his work and coining the term chronic Inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS). Read More »
July 13, 2023•From Dr. Bredesen, News
Dr. Bredesen encourages all to watch the video Saving Livia a heartwarming chronicle of a daughter's journey to help her mother reverse cognitive decline. Read More »
June 15, 2023•From Dr. Bredesen, News
In a world full of, less is more, Dr. Bredesen shares his hope of lessening the global burden of dementia with first steps described in a new documentary, narrated by Michael Bublé, recently released at the Manhattan Film Festival. Read More »