It’s not surprising that two big pharmaceutical companies would recently throw in the towel on testing their highly-touted Alzheimer’s drugs. The silver bullet approach doesn’t work for multi-factored chronic diseases like Alzheimer’s. Instead, the silver buckshot approach is needed to combat the 36 or more causes of Alzheimer’s. While JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, warns against the “pseudo-medicine” of Alzheimer’s supplements, 21st Century Functional Medicine doctors are seeing reversals of cognitive decline. These doctors are getting to the root causes of chronic diseases such as Alzheimer’s and addressing those causes. Newly published...
Category - Alzheimer’s Subtypes & Causes
Dr. Bredesen and Dr. Hyman – ALZ Causes & Treatment
ALZ Causes & Treatment At the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Mark Hyman interviews Dr. Dale Bredesen regarding ALZ causes, subtypes, and treatment. During this discussion, Dr. Bredesen reveals that the brain is plastic and able to change. Functional Medicine Approach to Treat ALZ Regarding neurological problems, the brain can change by treating the body’s system, not the symptoms. In fact, this is a functional medicine approach. So far as Alzheimer’s and dementia are concerned, the earlier the treatment – the better. Also, certain types of ALZ are easier to treat than others. Functional medicine is used to treat the system. By doing so, ALZ symptoms can begin to halt and...