Last week Positive Psychologist Dr. Lynn Johnson sent me this note for any mental health care professionals in need of CEU’s or interested in Autogenic Training as it applies to  stress management, meditation, health and performance enhancement.  ” I recently did some mental training with a marathon runner. She’d had a lot of trouble with her last […]

Several years ago I had a study participant, a former engineer who developed dementia incidental to a hernia operation.  So I did quite a bit of studying on that. I may have mentioned this in class, but I don’t always, however, we do talk about this problem in chapter 7 of our book on stopping Alzheimer’s. […]

Two weeks ago scientists from around the world converged on Boston for the annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. This is an overview and link to some of the more significant findings from that conference with my comments.

Early on in the conference a great deal of attention was given to concept of “Subjective Cognitive Impairment,” […]

On Wednesday the discussion at the Alzheimer’s International Conference turned to the topic of subjective cognitive impairment.  Studies  presented Wednesday at the conference in Boston showed that people with some types of cognitive concerns were more likely to have signs of the Alzheimer’s disease process and develop dementia later. Research presented […]

BOSTON, Massachusetts — One of the first practical studies presented this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Boston was on early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).  The first study suggests a combination of memory tests and brain imaging may identify the earliest stages of AD, before symptoms appear, when measures to slow the […]