The End of Alzheimer’s Program – Dale E. Bredesen, M.D. References

Following is a list of references from the book, The End of Alzheimer’s Program, published by Avery/Random House. Due to the length of the text, these references could not be included in the print version, and therefore are listed below. 

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5 – Megan Zuelsdorff et al., Alzheimer’s & Dementia 13, no. 7, P212, July 2017

Lifetime Stressful Experiences, Racial Disparities, and Cognitive Performance: Findings from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP) Study

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6 – Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, accessed November 30, 2019

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7 – Joel W. Hughes et al., Psychosomatic Medicine 75, no. 8, 721–28, October 2013

Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Prehypertension

7 – David S. Black et al., JAMA Internal Medicine 175, no. 4, 494–501, February 2015

Mindfulness Meditation and Improvement in Sleep Quality and Daytime Impairment Among Older Adults with Sleep Disturbances: A Randomized Clinical Trial

7 – Bassam Khoury et al., Journal of Psychosomatic Research 78, no. 6, 519–28, June 2015

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Healthy Individuals: A Meta-Analysis