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In this episode, Richard Isaacson, a neurologist and director of the Alzheimer\u2019s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian, discusses strategies for staving off Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Richard shares a wealth of insight for people who want to know more about Alzheimer\u2019s and what you can do to help yourself and your loved ones \u2013 starting today and continuing throughout the entire lifespan.

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• Richard\u2019s fun-facts (and alter egos): \u201cbling\u201d phones, Doogie Howser, and DJ Rush [8:00];
• Richard\u2019s impetus to focus on Alzheimer\u2019s disease: Uncle Bob [18:20];
• Starting an Alzheimer\u2019s Prevention Clinic [27:00];
• How Alzheimer\u2019s is diagnosed [30:00];
• Short-term memory, processing speed, executive function and how they\u2019re tested [35:45];
• Prevention vs reduction of Alzheimer\u2019s [44:00];
• What is the prevalence of Alzheimer\u2019s in America? [49:30];
• How do people actually die from Alzheimer\u2019s or dementia? [51:30];
• How can people do everything right and still get Alzheimer\u2019s? It\u2019s all about AGE [55:15];
• The\xa0APOE\xa0gene [58:15];
• Why is the risk of Alzheimer\u2019s higher for women? [1:13:00];
• How many different paths lead to Alzheimer\u2019s? [1:15:45];
• What role does\xa0MTHFR\xa0play in Alzheimer\u2019s? [1:19:45];
• What are the \u201cABCs\u201d of Alzheimer\u2019s prevention? [1:26:45];
• Baptists, Tauists, Syners, and Apostates [1:36:30];
• Concerns with statin use for high-risk patients [1:45:00];
• The use of Theracurmin [1:48:45];
• What are the five actionable things one can do to reduce the risk for Alzheimer\u2019s today? [1:54:30];
• The cognitive reserve [2:14:15]; and
• More.

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