NYTs: What if you knew Alzheimer's was coming for you?
NYTs: What if you knew Alzheimer's was coming for you?
Great coverage of our project! Knowledge of ApoE4 status provides an opportunity to proactively focus on health optimization. We ARE creating a revolution to disrupt Alzheimer's disease as we know it. Thanks to Pagan Kennedy (who also covered this ApoE4 story) and the New York Times for continuing to raise awareness. You can read the article here. The print version comes out on Sunday.
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I love this quote from the article, “We have to make it socially acceptable to talk about having risk of getting dementia,” Amen to that! There's nothing shameful about inheriting certain genes, what is shameful is shunting away this knowledge. I understand no one wants to endanger their job or insurance eligibility, but there needs to be a happy medium. Genes are just the hardware, lifestyle/diet is the metabolic software that determines what the hardware does, with knowledge a person can influence their fate and not feel powerless or victimized.
THANK-YOU SO MUCH Julie, Pagan, and New York Times for helping spread the word.
THANK-YOU SO MUCH Julie, Pagan, and New York Times for helping spread the word.
-Theresa
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Great article! Thank you to Julie, Theresa, and D. for agreeing to be interviewed for this piece. Thank you to Pagan Kennedy for writing it and to the NYT for publishing it.
ApoE 4/4 - When I was in 7th grade, my fellow students in history class called me "The Brain" because I had such a memory for detail. I excelled at memorization and aced tests. This childhood memory helps me cope!
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Well balanced article, I especially like that she addressed the societal stigma and the impact it has on employment and insurance. Here is a relevant article I ran across the other day, if and when accurate testing is available, how does the system cope with the demand? While this is specific to the USA, it likely has implications world wide:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 131248.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 131248.htm
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Great article. I particularly liked this passage:
I think this multi-factorial explanation sums up why people, such as David Holtzman, say "why bother" to adopting a healthy lifestyle. But to me it is encouraging. While you can't control your genetics, you CAN control (to some extent) diet, exercise, inflammation, and environmental toxins. And who knows, with CRISPR technology making rapid progress, controlling genetics might be here sooner rather than later.Everything about our relationship to Alzheimer’s is in flux right now. The disease — once thought to be unpreventable — is beginning to look more like a multifactorial illness that might result from poor diet, a sedentary lifestyle, chronic inflammation, exposure to chemicals in the environment and genetics. Some scientists now describe Alzheimer’s disease as another form of diabetes; others are pursuing a link between Alzheimer’s disease and cardiovascular problems. And studies have shown a link between Alzheimer’s and exposure to air pollution and head injuries.
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It was a great article but I was disappointed on its discussion about there being no prevention.
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E4/E4
Alameda, CA, USA
E4/E4
Alameda, CA, USA
NY TImes article featuring Julie G
Just read the article in the NY Times "What if You Knew Alzheimer’s Was Coming for You?" which includes the story of Julie G.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... ctionfront
Every day I wake up a see so many people doing disappointing things on the news - it's depressing. And my mom isn't doing very well - and I've been frustrated by her lack of options. But this article made me more hopeful. And it made me really appreciate the work that Julie G and everyone at ApoE4.info are doing. It can't be easy.
Ya'll are pretty awesome.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... ctionfront
Every day I wake up a see so many people doing disappointing things on the news - it's depressing. And my mom isn't doing very well - and I've been frustrated by her lack of options. But this article made me more hopeful. And it made me really appreciate the work that Julie G and everyone at ApoE4.info are doing. It can't be easy.
Ya'll are pretty awesome.
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How great that the article is being published in the Sunday NY Times!
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Disappointed that the article did not mention Dr. Bredesen , his book, or how well Julie is doing. It would be great if they would come up with a pill but until then there are things that appear to be working and I did not read about them here.
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While I agree with the sentiment that the article didn't address all the things we wanted, it highlighted our group and that in itself is empowering. Folks have questions they want answered, and while the article itself did not address the options available, it is pointing people here where we have the knowledge. Knowledge is power, and that is the power to change lives and know there are ways to improve your health and outcome.
Ru442.... optimist;)
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