Why Traditional Alzheimers Treatment Got it All Wrong , with Dr. Dale Bredesen

Published: Aug. 10, 2020, 4 a.m.

When it comes to treating patients for cognitive decline, the traditional model has for many years been focused on the removal of beta amyloid plaques, which has done nothing to address symptoms of cognitive decline. Dr. Dale Bredesen believes that the plaques are actually the brain\u2019s protective response to injury. In this first episode in a series with\xa0\u201cThe End of Alzheimer\u2019s Program\u201d\xa0author, he and the Amens discuss how a revolutionary shift in treating patients with cognitive decline has radically changed lives.