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Pittsburg, Kansas | Dr Mary Newport definitely did not think she had the answer for Alzheimers either. But if a person listens to the interview to the very end where he asks her how much time she thought she gained with her husband as far as improvement of life, she thought a little and said four years (after 39 minute mark). So he went from not being able to tie his shoes and not being able to do simple things around the house or read to becoming functional again. He could do those things including reading. So her efforts definitely improved his life although it definitely also did not "cure" him.
I got an idea for anything to actually cure someone of the disease, it would have to be caught very early in development long before the brain becomes so atrophied that symptoms start showing up. Her husband if I remember right was only 51 when diagnosed. That is really young. But from what I have read they think it starts up to 20 years before symptoms develop enough people start noticing it enough to get tested. So it can be lingering a long time before it gets bad enough to affect a persons life noticably. That is kind of worisome.
Edited by John Burns 11/4/2024 21:41
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Mary Newport and her N=1 Alzheimers story
