Richard Isaacson (on Alzheimer’s prevention)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Dr. Richard Isaacson is a neurologist with a focus on the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease. Richard joins the Armchair Expert to discuss who his medical idol is, the importance of preventative medicine, and how he got involved in Alzheimer’s research. Richard and Dax talk about the core tenants of brain health, some of the main factors of developing dementia, and how to lower the risk of developing amyloid in the brain. Richard explains how important diet is for cognitive ability, what role genetics play in developing brain diseases, and the need for modifying your physical activity as you age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome welcome to armchair expert experts on expert. I'm Dan Shepard and I'm joined by Lily Padman.
0:06.3	Hi there. Hi, this is our first laboratory episode where we do labs real time.
0:14.4	We do.
0:14.8	The beginning of the episode is us getting blood taken,
0:19.3	and you'll hear a bunch of that.
0:21.0	Enrolling in a study.
0:22.4	I don't think I've ever been a part of a study before this.
0:25.1	That you know of.
0:26.3	Well, that's true.
0:27.4	I guess they're probably on our phones.
0:29.1	They're probably running all kinds of...
0:30.6	Exactly.
0:31.6	But not to worry if you feel like it's boring at the beginning, I thought
0:35.2	it was interesting. But it ends and then we get into a real interview.
0:39.1	What in the whole episode was that's just getting blood taken. The reason we were getting our blood taken is because our
0:43.9	guest is Dr. Richard Isaacson. You probably remember if you listen to the Sanjay Gupta
0:49.4	episode he had done a piece on Alzheimer's and interacted a bunch with Richard because he is one of the
0:55.2	foremost experts on Alzheimer's. He's a neurologist with a focus on the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's
1:00.6	disease and he is the director of the precision prevention program at Atria.
1:05.9	And the Atria Institute provides coordinated health care and comprehensive predictive testing
1:10.0	to enable a highly personalized approach to well-being,
1:13.0	and we are now enrolled in a study.
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