Peter Whitehouse, M.D., Ph.D., of the Neurological Institute at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, has written a new provocative and ground-breaking book, called The Myth of Alzheimer’s, in which he challenges the conventional wisdom about memory loss and cognitive impairment; questions the current approaches to treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and brings a new understanding to everything we thought we knew about brain aging.
According to Dr. Whitehouse, also the founder of the University Memory and Aging Center at UH Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, “AD cannot be biologically or clinically differentiated from normal aging. There is no one profile of AD that is consistent from person to person. Alzheimer’s is a heterogeneous process because it reflects the different way people's brains age over their lifetimes.” The book claims AD represents our culture’s attempt to make sense of a natural process of brain aging that we cannot control.
Backed up by research, full of practical advice and information and infused with hope, The Myth of Alzheimer’s teaches how to best approach memory loss, and learn how to age with wisdom and preserve, if not enhance, quality of life. For the millions of people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and their families, this book helps them understand why what they have been told may be incomplete, even wrong, why the treatment they are probably being given is inadequate, and most importantly how they can get the help they need.