The Myth of Alzheimer's · What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis by Whitehouse, Peter J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Table of Contents PREFACE PART ONE - THE HISTORY OF A DISEASE

INTRODUCTION - REVEALING THE MYTH OF ALZHEIMER’S

THE MYTH OF ALZHEIMER’S MY STORY THE STORY OF FRANK AND FRAN THE WISDOM OF FRANK AND FRAN THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE NEW STORY OF BRAIN AGING WRITING THE NEW STORY OF BRAIN AGING

CHAPTER ONE - A GATEWAY TO THE FUTURE OF OLD AGE

THE MEDIA AND ALZHEIMER’S RESISTING THE MEDICALIZATION OF BRAIN AGING MEDICALIZATION LESSONS FROM THE EAST THE POWER OF CHOICE MY DEMOCRATIC APPROACH TO AGING STORY—THE INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE CHANGING THE STORY WHY WE NEED TO ACT NOW CAN A BRAIN-AGING FRAMEWORK TRULY PREVAIL? THE WISDOM OF OPRAH: A LOOK BACK AND WAY FORWARD ACCEPTING THE LIMITS OF SCIENCE THE POWER OF STORIES: A NARRATIVE APPROACH TO ENDING ALZHEIMER’S

CHAPTER TWO - ALZHEIMER’S 101: TAMING THE SCIENTIFIC STORY OF AD

ALZHEIMER’S 101 AN INTRODUCTION TO MEMORY CLASSIFYING MEMORY THE MAINSTREAM MYTH OF AD PLAQUES AND TANGLES THE BAPTIST THEORY PROBLEMS WITH THE AMYLOID CASCADE HYPOTHESIS THE TAUIST STORY THE TRUTH ABOUT PLAQUES AND TANGLES MOVING PAST PLAQUES AND TANGLES THE ANTIOXIDANT HYPOTHESIS THE INFLAMMATORY HYPOTHESIS THE EXCITATORY CELL DEATH HYPOTHESIS THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE HYPOTHESIS THE VASCULAR HYPOTHESIS THE ALZHEIMER’S-DIABETES HYPOTHESIS THE AD DIAGNOSIS: A CLINICAL QUANDARY A DISEASE OF EXCLUSION

CHAPTER THREE - THE TROUBLING LEGACY OF DR. ALOIS ALZHEIMER AND AUGUSTE D.

PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG DOCTOR MEETING AUGUSTE D. TRACKING THE CASE EMIL KRAEPELIN: AN IMPORTANT CRAFTSMAN OF THE AD MYTH “ON A PECULIAR, SEVERE DISEASE PROCESS …” THE BIRTH OF THE LABEL PICK’S LAB: FANNING THE COMPETITIVE FIRES THE FREUDIAN SCHOOL: DUELING DIAGNOSES LIFE AND DEATH AFTER AD

CHAPTER FOUR - THE BIRTH OF THE ALZHEIMER’S EMPIRE

TECHNOLOGY AND THE RESURGENCE OF ALZHEIMER’S THE RISE OF AN EPIDEMIC ALZHEIMER’S BECOMES A NATIONAL INSTITUTION ALZHEIMER’S GOES TO WASHINGTON A “CAUSE CELEBRITY” DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE DOMINANT METAPHORS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE WHO BENEFITS FROM THIS AGGRESSIVE MEDICALIZATION OF BRAIN AGING? THE LIMITS OF OUR INVESTMENTS THE “WAR ON PERSONHOOD” MOVING FORWARD WITH THE WISDOM OF T. S. ELIOT

PART TWO - SCIENCE AND TREATMENT

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS: JUST HOW GOOD ARE THEY? GETTING A READ ON THE DRUGS AVAILABLE TODAY THE NEW DRUG ON THE BLOCK IS THERE HOPE FOR FUTURE CHOLINERGIC DRUGS? CHOOSING PILLS OR NOT QUALITY OF LIFE AND HOW THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY CAN HELP EVALUATING “BREAKTHROUGHS” CONTEMPLATING COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS INTEGRATING CAM INTO WESTERN CARE AN INTERVENTION YOU NEEDN’T SWALLOW: VOLUNTEERING AT THE INTERGENERATIONAL SCHOOL

CHAPTER SIX - A BRAVE NEW WORLD OF GENETICS AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE?

GENETICS 101 THE GENETICS OF AD GETTING TESTED FOR APOE MY EXPERIENCE IN GENETIC COUNSELING THE DEPERSONALIZATION OF PERSONAL MEDICINE MORE LESSONS FROM MY PATIENT’S STORY GENETIC TREATMENTS FOR AD: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? GETTING TO THE ROOT OF STEM CELLS NERVE GROWTH FACTOR (NGF) FIBROBLASTS AMYLOID VACCINE: THE OTHER GREAT HOPE ALZHEMED: THE AMYLOID DREDGING APPROACH XALIPRODENE FLURIZAN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY THE NEED FOR A DEEP BIOETHICS THE POWER OF STORIES

PART THREE - A NEW MODEL FOR LIVING WITH BRAIN AGING

CHAPTER SEVEN - IDENTIFYING WHO NEEDS A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEMORY LOSS

CHAPTER EIGHT - PREPARING FOR A DOCTOR’S VISIT

FINDING THE RIGHT HEALTH TEAM YOUR DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY WHAT TO EXPECT ON YOUR FIRST VISIT FACING THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO CAN THE HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM COPE WITH NUANCE? A STORY FROM MY CLINIC HANDLING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THE WEB IS YOUR FRIEND: EVALUATING WHAT THE DOCTOR TELLS YOU USING THE INTERNET

CHAPTER NINE - A PRESCRIPTION FOR SUCCESSFUL AGING ACROSS YOUR LIFE SPAN

HUMAN ECOLOGY: A NEW APPROACH TO PREVENTION “LET THY FOOD BE THY MEDICINE”: CAN BETTER NUTRITION KEEP US VITAL? “THE LOOKING-PAST SELF”: KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR OUR LOVED ONES A RACE FOR PREVENTION: THE VIRTUES OF EXERCISE AVOIDING ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES STRESS-FREE IS THE WAY TO BE BEYOND CROSSWORD PUZZLES: BUILDING UP A COGNITIVE RESERVE MAKING A PROFESSION OUT OF PREVENTION JOINING THE GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST INFECTIONS PREVENTION IS KEY

EPILOGUE - THINKING LIKE A MOUNTAIN: THE FUTURE OF AGING AUTHORS’ NOTE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS APPENDIX NOTES INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHORS Copyright Page