"There is no one magic test for brain health,” says Richard Isaacson, MD.

  

Isaacson is a Harvard-trained neurologist who directs the Precision Prevention Program at Atria Health and Research Institute and founded the world's first Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian. A leader in precision-medicine approaches to Alzheimer's risk reduction, he has served as principal investigator for multiple research initiatives focused on individualized care. He recently led an NIH-funded clinical trial showing that a free online tool (RetainYourBrain.com) reduced Alzheimer's risk by 16% in six months, and is working to democratize brain health testing through an at-home, lower-cost blood biomarker test (AlzLabs.org).

Show notes:

00:00 - What we don’t know about Alzheimer’s

04:49 - Where to start with Alzheimer’s risk

06:55 - Lifestyle first: optimizing what you can control

10:39 - Using wearables & health tech for brain health

16:19 – Why there's no perfect blood test for the brain

29:06 - Cutting through the information noise

31:10 - Steps to take when symptoms appear

35:37 - Is it actually memory loss?

38:54 - The future of Alzheimer’s testing

Referenced in the episode: 

Free cognitive risk & assessment tools: retainyourbrain.com

Free information about blood biomarkers: ind.org/bloodtest  

Free information about home testing: alzlabs.org 
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