Don't Wait for Alzheimer's — A Neurologist's 30-Year Plan to Protect Your Brain
The Dr. Hyman Show

Don't Wait for Alzheimer's — A Neurologist's 30-Year Plan to Protect Your Brain

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 19, 20261 hr 12 min
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  • Health

By the time memory begins to slip, the changes affecting the brain may have been developing for decades. But the trajectory isn’t fixed, and many of the factors driving it are within our control. In this episode, I sit down with my longtime friend and mentor Dr. David Perlmutter, six-time New York Times bestselling author whose new book, Brain Defenders, rethinks what it really takes to protect the brain as we age. You’ll learn: Why protecting your brain should begin long before memory problems appear How your daily choices infl...

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When we recognize that 40 to 50% of adults in America who live to be age 85 will have a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, at 65 years and older, risk is 1 in 9 or 11% of people aged 65 or older have dementia, it is almost a fully preventable situation that people shouldn't fear, that people should feel empowerment as it relates to making the

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