Author Archives: Kate Swaffer (she/her) Kaurna Country

An update on Bredesen’s research

Thanks to a special friend in the UK for alerting me to this via email: “Another amazing link worth watching , it’s a recent interview on CBN with Dale Bredesen, who is an international expert in neurodegenerative diseases.  https://cbnudspmd-a.akamaihd.net/hd/734546207001/2019/04/734546207001_6031095721001_6031090258001.mp4?pubId=734546207001&videoId=6031090258001  The interview covers discussion about the Bredesen Protocol which is successfully reversing cognitive decline in personsContinue reading “An update on Bredesen’s research”

Moving beyond the failed science of curing dementia

This is a recent article about Professor Dale Bredesen’s Research. This and similar approaches are still the closest things I see to hope for those diagnosed in the early stages of dementia, or anyone wanting to reduce their risk of dementia. Read the article here… Image source: screen shot from Dale Bredesen’s Facebook post

Living a good life with dementia: it is possible

Living Well, Even With Alzheimer’s Many people have the idea that Alzheimer’s disease is a one-way street to inexorable decline, but patients can remain active and engaged. By Gayatri Devi Nov. 3, 2017 9:46 a.m. ET Seven years ago, Joe, a 73-year-old man with a patrician bearing, came to see me at my Manhattan office withContinue reading “Living a good life with dementia: it is possible”

A Bredesen Protocol update

This is the latest paper from Bredesen and colleagues, published in the Open Access Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Parkinsonism. When searching for the article, I found many websites sharing it, and this one has negative comments about Bredesen and his protocol, alongside some very positive ones! As always, with new approaches to diseases (or anything),Continue reading “A Bredesen Protocol update”

Learn to live beyond the ordinary

The following is the content of an email I received recently from Mark Hyman MD, highlighting a series on holistic approaches to health. With no cures on the horizon for any type of dementia, it seems for now, the very best we can do is to manage our whole of health well. Perhaps we shouldContinue reading “Learn to live beyond the ordinary”

uMETHOD

It’s been a long time between water holes since I was here, as they say in the desert! “The RestoreU METHOD targets the many causes of your memory issues to allow you to maintain your independence, daily activities, and lifestyle. It customizes a treatment plan that is your own. Designed solely for you. In recent clinical results, 76% of patients on the RestoreUContinue reading “uMETHOD”

Reinvesting in life is the best prescription

It’s been a while since I published anything here… but I have been reminded of an article I wrote a few years ago for the Australian Journal of Dementia Care today, which is about ditching the Prescribed Disengagement® given to most of us when diagnosed with dementia, and Living Beyond Dementia™ instead. Reinvesting in life isContinue reading “Reinvesting in life is the best prescription”

Transcendental Meditation and Dementia

Anyone who follows this site knows I have been a believer in Bredesen’s Protocol, although I do have some healthy scepticism as well! In saying that, I believe if we don’t view dementia as a chronic disease, which brings with it acquired cognitive disabilities, the estimates of people being diagnosed may be much higher thanContinue reading “Transcendental Meditation and Dementia”