Show 1326: Think Different About Alzheimer Disease

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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For decades researchers have told us that beta amyloid accumulation in the brain causes Alzheimer disease (AD). The FDA has recently approved two new drugs, Aduhelm and Leqembi, based on this theory. There is a third drug, donanemab, waiting on the runway. All three medications are very good at removing amyloid plaque from the brain, […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's Pharmacy.com.
0:14.0	The FDA just granted accelerated approval to a new Alzheimer's disease drug called Lachanomab,
0:21.0	aka Lachmbi. This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden. The new medications for Alzheimer's disease work by reducing the buildup of
0:38.4	beta amyloid plaque in the brain. This sticky protein has been blamed as the primary culprit behind
0:44.6	Alzheimer dementia. But are there other ways to think about this devastating
0:49.4	condition? Our guest is a neuroscientist and a medicinal chemist who's been exploring alternate approaches to Alzheimer's disease.
0:59.0	We'll explore the role of head trauma, toxic chemicals, and viruses in the ideology of dementia.
1:05.0	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, how can we think different about Alzheimer's disease? Please.
1:15.0	In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines,
1:18.0	The COVID variant XBB1.5 has been spreading like wildfire.
1:24.0	First identified in the Northeast U.S. in October.
1:27.0	It's rapidly raised through New York and New England.
1:31.0	Now it's overtaken previous COVID variants throughout North America and Europe.
1:37.0	Keeping track of new variants has become challenging. We've gone from Alpha, Delta, and Omicron to a veritable alphabet soup of names like BA2,
1:47.5	BQ1.1 and now XBB1.5. Canadian biologist Dr. Ryan Gregory has come up with a catchier title for this latest variant.
1:58.0	He calls it the Krakan, after the mythical Scandinavian sea monster.
2:03.0	This XBB1.5 variant is extremely contagious.
2:08.0	In addition, it appears to have
2:15.0	recovered our immune defenses.
2:14.0	People who have recovered from a previous COVID infection
2:17.3	may be vulnerable to this new variant,
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