About 10 years ago I found out that I have both copies of a gene variant called APoE4. People with one copy of this gene have — risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease, people like me with both copies have — risk of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Receiving this information was hard. At the time I knew very little about Alzheimer’s Disease, and believed that there was nothing I could do, eventually by brain would betray me, my memory would meltdown.

In the past decade, I have learned this is untrue. Alzheimer’s Disease, while not curable, is certainly preventable, and can be turned around if caught in the earliest stages. 

Below I will discuss some of the major developments made in recent years that illuminate the underlying causes and mechanisms of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease, and this page also contains articles about Alzheimer’s Disease and its prevention.