Flourish As You Age
BRAIN HEALTH
MENTAL MANAGEMENT
A GOOD DEATH
Let's not just fade away; let's FLOURISH as we age!
The MINDRAMP Podcasts focus on three key components that have been shown to contribute to flourishing in the later years of your life. You will find mini-series of episodes that explore each component.
1) Keeping your brain and body healthy - see The Roots of Brain Health
2) Managing your mental states - see Flourishing
3) Planning the kind of death you want to have - (coming 10/1/24))
You will also find the occasional episodes that focus social concerns that I feel have an impact on our well-being, for example "Elections."
Flourish As You Age
BRAIN - Mario Garrett, We Need A New Approach to Alzheimer's Research
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Gerontology professor Mario Garret offers a straight-forward, no-nonsense critique of current approaches to Alzheimer's research, particularly the overwhelming focus on addressing the Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis.
Garrett proposes that we broaden our understanding of the true nature of the dementia syndrome and consider psychological as well as biological causes.
Chapters Include:
- We don't understand dementia
- Historical perspectives on our Alzheimer's muddle
- We call everything dementia, blunting our understanding
- The many causes of dementia
- We need a more nuanced definition of the dementia syndrome
- Summary: consider psychological causes of dementia
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