What the Development and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Can Teach Integrative Medicine

What Can Alzheimer’s Disease Teach Us About the Brain, Mind, and Self? presented by Rudolph Tanzi, PhD Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia affecting the elderly and is characterized by global cognitive decline in learning, memory, reasoning and judgment. Alzheimer’s disease is strongly influenced by both genetic factors and lifestyle. While certain rare gene mutations, e.g. in the APP, PSEN1 and PSEN2 genes guarantee onset of Alzheimer’s disease before 60 years old, most…