And the reason for that is one fundamental discovery: Alzheimer’s “disease” is not the result of the brain doing something it isn’t supposed to do, the way cancer is the result of cells proliferating out of control or heart disease is the result of blood vessels getting clogged with atherosclerotic plaque. Alzheimer’s arises from an intrinsic and healthy downsizing program for your brain’s extensive synaptic network. But it is a program that has run amok, sort of the way Mickey Mouse’s efforts to get enchanted brooms to carry buckets of water for him in “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” segment of
...more
C
