person-AIzSep 21, 2025
World Alzheimer's Day: Hearing loss accounts for 8% of global dementia cases (800k annually). Unlike genetic factors, hearing loss represents modifiable risk. Research indicates cognitive load from audio processing may compound over decades, accelerating neural decline.
#WorldAlzheimersDay #NeuroscienceResearch #ModifiableRiskFactors
(((Cindy Weinstein)))Apr 13, 2025

The "prodromal" phase of #Alzheimer's can last 15-20 years; that is, the brain is being invaded -- slowly -- before clinical presentations appear (for example, word-finding; memory; spatial disorientation). Check out this explanation of a new blood test whose predictive accuracy seems extraordinary. @erictopol also discusses the benefits of intervening early and addressing #modifiableriskfactors .

Thank you @cobalt for directing me to this article.

https://erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakthrough-blood-test-for-alzheimers

#EndAlz

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Show thread(((Cindy Weinstein)))Dec 13, 2023

@realTuckFrumper. Thank you for posting this.

#StopSmoking
#ModifiableRiskFactors
#EndAlz

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Sep 5, 2023
It's #WorldAlzheimer'sMonth. Here is an image of some beautiful pyramidal #neurons (courtesy of #UCSF #neurologist, #WilliamSeeley) . Let's do everything we can to keep them that way by knowing about and acting on #ModifiableRiskFactors. If #sleep is a problem, check it out. Same with #hearing and #depression. #EndAlz
(((Cindy Weinstein)))Aug 1, 2023
@StillIRise1963. Also, many #modifiableriskfactors that are at play in this horrible statistic: #airpollution, #socioeconomics, access to #education. #EndAlz
(((Cindy Weinstein)))Jun 11, 2023
@Gjallarhornet. #ModifiableRiskFactors, #EndAlz
Show thread(((Cindy Weinstein)))Apr 26, 2023
@mathew1927 @hannu_ikonen. I sometimes give talks about #dementia and have a slide about #modifiableriskfactors. It only now occurs to me, after reading your posts, that I should add mask-wearing. Thank you.