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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects more than 5 million Americans; worldwide, it affects more than 30 million people. It is the sixth leading cause of death [3] in the United States, after heart disease, cancers, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke and accidents.

In a recently published paper [4], Dale Bredesen at the Buck Institute [5] showed that 9 of 10 patients participating in a program showed reversal of cognitive impairment associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Six of the 10 study participants had had to leave work, or were struggling at their jobs, due to AD; after going through the program, all were able to return to work or to continue working at better performance levels.

This is the first time anyone has shown it may be possible to reverse memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s. Six of the 10 patients who had left work or were struggling due to memory impairment were able to return to work or keep working with improved performance.

To quote from the abstract:

“The first 10 patients who […]