Dispatches from the Land of Alzheimer's [Paperback]

From the perspective of a neurologist now living with the condition, this book is a hopeful summary of current research in Alzheimer's Disease.Daniel Gibbs is a retired neurologist who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in 2015. This book presents a hopeful and humane collection of essays written over the past two years about his own experience of navigating the disease and advances in research.Daniel Gibbs is a retired neurologist who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in 2015. This book presents a hopeful and humane collection of essays written over the past two years about his own experience of navigating the disease and advances in research.In 2006, Daniel Gibbs, author of A Tattoo on my Brain: A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease (soon to be a documentary produced by MTV/Paramount+), first noticed symptoms which he now knows to have been early signs of his Alzheimer's Disease. Daniel still writes every day, something he credits with keeping his mind sharper and his demons at bay. This book is a personal collection of essays written over the past two years that describe his own personal experiences, first treating patients with Alzheimer's, and now living with the disease himself. The book presents an up-to-date discussion of recent advances and setbacks in Alzheimer's research. Humane and hopeful, this book offers evidence-based information on how it may be possible even now to slow progression of the disease.1. Physician heal thyself; 2. Evaluating new advances in Alzheimer's research  separating hype from fact; 3. Alzheimer's dementia or Alzheimer's disease  what's the difference and why should we care?; 4. The first patient with Alzheimer's disease; 5. Kidnapped in Kinshasa; 6. Smell, disgust and Alzheimer's; 7. Apolipoprotein-4 (APOE-4): bad for the brain and bad for the heart; 8. Lost in the fog of Alzheimer's; 9. My father's 'stuff'; 10. Face blindness during a pandemic; 11. Biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease; 12. Olfactols*