About this episode

Dr. Jenn Simmons discusses with James Maskell the misconceptions surrounding Alzheimer's and the potential for reversing cognitive decline.

In this episode of Keeping Abreast, Dr. Jenn Simmons sits down with James Maskell, health economist, founder of the Evolution of Medicine, and the architect of a movement to reverse cognitive decline, to make the case that Alzheimer's is not a death sentence. It is a solvable problem that medicine has been approaching the wrong way for 40 years. James flew to South Africa when his father collapsed and was expected to die. Every doctor in the room was preparing the family for the end. James w...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Jenn Simmons

Guest: James Maskell

Topics covered

• Alzheimer's
• cognitive decline
• health economics
• medicine
• alternative treatments

Keywords

• Alzheimer's
• cognitive decline
• health economist
• medicine
• treatment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Evolution of Medicine

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