i know a lot about alzheimers disease
since i may have it only time will tell
since im a physician who has treated alzheimers patients
since my mother and possibly my father had alzheimers disease
and since my younger brother has it now
and since im a study subject in the alzheimers disease neuroimaging
initiative
and since ive given talks on alzheimers disease to medical groups
and nonmedical groups
but
i dont know it all
im always getting questions about alzheimers
and i do know a lot about this terrible disease
more i guess than most people do
these questions come to me from friends and people i meet
via conversations
via facebook
via email
via this blog
via alzheimers discussion groups
i freely answer them all and research the things i dont know
last week i came across this series of 3 articles from the ny times
where people could write in and ask questions from a national
expert on alzheimers disease
(no not me)
these 100 questions and his answers were published in this three part
series on alzheimers
examples are why cant i remember things about a person except for
their name
answers to questions are always on the tip of my tongue
should we tell the person with the disease they have it
what are the early signs of the disease
what workup needs to be done
what treatments are available
should i be tested
are there genetic tests available
and 92 more questions
the expert is dr p murali doraiswamy a psychiatry professor at duke
university who wrote the popular the alzheimers action plan
if you have this disease or think you do or if a family member friend
coworker or neighbor has or might have it
you should read these three articles from the ny times
these are the questions and the answers that we all have
about dealing with this disease
article one
article two
article three
hopefully he will publish these in a book as all the things we
want to know are in there
so if you are affected by this disease
if you havent yet you will
you should read these articles
the organicgreen doctor
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