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- Wed Feb 19, 2025 12:05 pm
- Forum: Prevention and Treatment
- Topic: Should I test for amyloid and tau?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 9
Should I test for amyloid and tau?
Function Health is now offering tests for amyloid and tau. I'm a 30 year old 4/4 female. Should I get tested?
- Tue Feb 18, 2025 9:21 am
- Forum: Prevention and Treatment
- Topic: Function Health test results
- Replies: 0
- Views: 42
Function Health test results
I received these results from Function Health a few months ago. They said that 7 of my heart biomarkers were out of range. See below: HDL Large-4,346 nmol/L (too low) LDL Medium-440 nmol/L (too high) LDL Particle Number -1,598 nmol/L (too high) LDL Pattern-B Pattern LDL Peak Size-215.6 Angstrom (too...
- Thu Jan 30, 2025 7:03 am
- Forum: Prevention and Treatment
- Topic: Weill Cornell Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9617
Re: Weill Cornell Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic
I must say, the way they schedule appointments is weird. I spoke to the scheduling coordinator in November, she said she would contact me in the New Year. Having not heard from her until now, I decided to email her yesterday. She replies this morning saying I need to call her.
- Thu Jan 30, 2025 6:50 am
- Forum: Our Stories
- Topic: Doomscrolling
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7410
Doomscrolling
I try to convince myself that learning my APOE status (I’m a 4/4) was a blessing in disguise, but then I come across articles like this: https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/health/new-alzheimers-genes-wellness/index.html, and I feel like I’m doomed. This particular quote scares me: “Lifestyle factors suc...
- Thu Nov 21, 2024 4:27 pm
- Forum: Prevention and Treatment
- Topic: Weill Cornell Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9617
Re: Weill Cornell Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic
I am a patient of the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic. It is a hefty price to pay out of pocket. I am not convinced that it would be worth it for a 30 year old, to be honest. I think that you could use this site to make a long list of blood tests to perform and either have your PCP run them or pay ou...
- Thu Nov 21, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Genetic counseling
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10454
Re: Genetic counseling
The truth of the matter is, I'm afraid that if I share my genetic information with insurance companies, they will assume that I am destined to develop Alzheimer's, and therefore treat me like an Alzheimer's patient. I'm afraid that the state or some other agency will step in and make me their ward,...
- Thu Nov 21, 2024 8:43 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Genetic counseling
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10454
Re: Genetic counseling
The truth of the matter is, I'm afraid that if I share my genetic information with insurance companies, they will assume that I am destined to develop Alzheimer's, and therefore treat me like an Alzheimer's patient. I'm afraid that the state or some other agency will step in and make me their ward,...
- Thu Nov 21, 2024 5:11 am
- Forum: Prevention and Treatment
- Topic: Muscle mass
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1867
- Thu Nov 21, 2024 4:23 am
- Forum: Prevention and Treatment
- Topic: Muscle mass
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1867
Re: Muscle mass
- Wed Nov 20, 2024 11:30 am
- Forum: Science and Research
- Topic: ApoE4 & DHA metabolism
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3178
Re: ApoE4 & DHA metabolism
Can you get a blood test to check your DHA level?