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Alzheimer's Treatment Alzheimer's Prevention: A Patient and Family Guide, 2012 Edition
Harvard-trained Neurologist Dr. Richard Isaacson answers the most common patient and caregiver questions on the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). He shares his cutting edge, comprehensive approach in the fight against AD, the greatest public health crisis facing our world today.
This groundbreaking book has been written especially for patients, caregivers, family members, and allied healthcare professionals. Dr. Isaacson answers questions in easy to understand terms to help educate and inform those confronting AD. The book can be used as a resource to empower families to understand the latest treatment and prevention strategies.
Sample
“In 2012, what are the best strategies for treating and preventing AD?”
“Where can I turn to for help and should I get a second opinion?”
“I have a family member with Alzheimer’s and am concerned about developing AD. What strategies do you suggest for prevention?”
Dr. Isaacson has appeared widely in the media, including CNN.com, NBC, CBS, ABC, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report and Univision. His book was highlighted twice on the NBC Today Show (interview by Meredith Vieira, January 2011 and Kathie Lee and Hoda, July 2011), Fox Good Day L.A., and other television and radio programs throughout the United States. The 2012 Edition follows his most recent book "Treating Alzheimer's Preventing Alzheimer' A Patient and Family Guide, 2011 Edition," and has been revised and updated to include all of the latest advances in Alzheimer's treatment and prevention.
Dr. Isaacson currently serves as Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, Vice Chair of Education, and Education Director of the McKnight Brain Institute in the Department of Neurology at the University of Miami (UM) Miller School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, and his medical internship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, FL. Prior to joining UM, he served as Associate Medical Director of the Wien Center for Alzheimer’s disease and Memory Disorders at Mount Sinai.
A graduate of the accelerated 6-year B.A./M.D. program at the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine, Dr. Isaacson now specializes exclusively in Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, age-related memory loss, and other cognitive impairments. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and has utilized research support of the American Academy of Neurology, Alzheimer’s Association, and National Institutes of Health Clinical Research LRP.
Dr. Isaacson has a family history of Alzheimer’s disease, including his Uncle Bob (diagnosed while he was in high school) and his Dad’s Cousin (diagnosed four years ago). He makes the same recommendations to his patients and in his book as he would to his own family members, and has utilized his comprehensive 20-step treatment plan, and 10-step prevention plan in countless patients throughout his career.
This groundbreaking book has been written especially for patients, caregivers, family members, and allied healthcare professionals. Dr. Isaacson answers questions in easy to understand terms to help educate and inform those confronting AD. The book can be used as a resource to empower families to understand the latest treatment and prevention strategies.
Sample
“In 2012, what are the best strategies for treating and preventing AD?”
“Where can I turn to for help and should I get a second opinion?”
“I have a family member with Alzheimer’s and am concerned about developing AD. What strategies do you suggest for prevention?”
Dr. Isaacson has appeared widely in the media, including CNN.com, NBC, CBS, ABC, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report and Univision. His book was highlighted twice on the NBC Today Show (interview by Meredith Vieira, January 2011 and Kathie Lee and Hoda, July 2011), Fox Good Day L.A., and other television and radio programs throughout the United States. The 2012 Edition follows his most recent book "Treating Alzheimer's Preventing Alzheimer' A Patient and Family Guide, 2011 Edition," and has been revised and updated to include all of the latest advances in Alzheimer's treatment and prevention.
Dr. Isaacson currently serves as Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, Vice Chair of Education, and Education Director of the McKnight Brain Institute in the Department of Neurology at the University of Miami (UM) Miller School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, and his medical internship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, FL. Prior to joining UM, he served as Associate Medical Director of the Wien Center for Alzheimer’s disease and Memory Disorders at Mount Sinai.
A graduate of the accelerated 6-year B.A./M.D. program at the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine, Dr. Isaacson now specializes exclusively in Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, age-related memory loss, and other cognitive impairments. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and has utilized research support of the American Academy of Neurology, Alzheimer’s Association, and National Institutes of Health Clinical Research LRP.
Dr. Isaacson has a family history of Alzheimer’s disease, including his Uncle Bob (diagnosed while he was in high school) and his Dad’s Cousin (diagnosed four years ago). He makes the same recommendations to his patients and in his book as he would to his own family members, and has utilized his comprehensive 20-step treatment plan, and 10-step prevention plan in countless patients throughout his career.
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276 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 21, 2011
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April 27, 2012
There really aren't any new recommendations in this book, and what is mentioned - minus the information on prescription drug treatments - is standard for healthy aging in general, even down to the socialization. Still, this was written clearly and in a format that won't send the reader flipping through the book trying to find information referenced elsewhere - Isaacson basically writes the book in a Q&A format, and copies text that is pertinent to the question.
June 27, 2012
great book! learned so much from reading (this is a review of the 2012 edition btw)
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