This three
minute video introduces the Alzheimer's LifePlan, and an invitation to participate in the
ending of Alzheimer's disease as have known it.
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(2006
Update) My parents (88/87) are living with Alzheimer's -
meaning they have adopted the lifestyle habits that Dr. J.
Wesson Ashford prescribes - and they have outlived all other
family members (statistically people over 85 have a 50%
chance of developing the disease - and my parents remain in
the 50% with no evidence of the disease developing), and longer than any of their
ancestors (many of whom passed with dementia or Alzheimer's). My
parents were also the first people over 80 years of age to
participate in the Alzheimer's LifePlan personal memory
fitness testing and vital fitness sign record keeping
program.
Now you
and your loved ones can do what we have done -
establish a baseline of memory fitness while they are
healthy, open a dialogue with your doctors, and launch a
vigil - testing memory fitness going forward for early
cognitive health impairment.
Paul -30-
The majority
of Alzheimer's cases can be prevented and significant
breakthroughs have all ready occurred - research is closing
in on effective treatments while you are reading this.
There
isn't a cure, yet. But there are reasons to hope in the next
three to five years - we'll end Alzheimer's as we know it by the end of 2012.
Nothing to buy, to gain access to the information,
memory testing, or research communities connected with the
Alzheimer's LifePlan
and the Memory
Fitness Testing Center. There are however two very valuable
services offered that make if much easier for you to manage
your personal Alzheimer's Prevention program, and, always an
invitation for you to contribute to the
Neurological Disease
Foundation , a nonprofit dedicated to solving the
mysteries of the diseased mind.
Let's get started,
Alzheimer's is preventable.
Memory testing can identify
the earliest onset of the disease process.
FDA approved drugs can slow
the disease process - if they are administered in early Alzheimer's disease
stages.
Inexpensive Memory
Fitness Testing can effectively illustrate an individual Short-Term Memory
and Learning capacity - making it possible for an individual's baseline
(normal) memory fitness rating to be monitored.
Expensive brain imaging can monitor
healthy brains as well as document disease development or response to treatment, even produce videos.
The Alzheimer's Vaccine, is
in clinical trials, has all ready provided evidence that the disease process
can be reversed - growing a new science - Immunotherapy.
The Alzheimer's LifePlan
offers the population free access to up-to-date information and research
programs, free memory fitness testing, participation within an online community to usher in the end of Alzheimer's
in 2012.
To support the truth behind
these statements - you will find detailed information, interviews, video
programs, articles and Neurological research data/events/seminaries the
results of my personal quest to help my parents prevent their developing of
Alzheimer's disease within this web page and those linked to it.
This web page is not aimed at
teasing you with "cures" - there aren't any for Alzheimer's. Neither is this web
page trying to sell you anything except knowledge and personal Alzheimer's
prevention. If you want to establish your personal Alzheimer's Prevention memory
fitness and vital sign record management account - after you have read this page
and understand the value of these things - click on the "JOIN" buttons in the
left hand margin or the "By Now" button at the end (bottom) of this page. There
will be a $50 one time membership charge and this will keep you account active
through 2012.
This web page is a story with two
primary story lines. The first line follows my family and the effects
Alzheimer's has had on past generations as well as my parent's. The second line
matches my parent's lives to the efforts of doctors, scientists, researchers,
technologists and care givers - whose collective efforts, make it possible for
the population to end Alzheimer's as we know it by the end of 2012.
I produced the entire web page, and
had the help of several individuals. If you read the complete presentation here,
you will meet the people who helped unfold the mysteries of Alzheimer's while
they helped write the ending chapters for the disease.
Even though I lived through the
telling of this story - I am still excited and often overwhelmed with pride. The
caliber of people I have had the pleasure to meet, produce communication for,
get to know and in several cases, become fast friends united in cause- are
second to none, and rank highest in my life experiences. The other special
reward for studying my parent's anti-Alzheimer's lifestyle was that I got to
assist them in calming their fears regarding the disease. You see both of my
parents are over 85, and that means half of their peers either have/had the
disease or will develop it in the near future. Neither of my parents have mild
cognitive impairment, and they test their memory fitness every ninety days. If
in the event they show the early stages of Alzheimer's, they will swiftly
implement their personal treatment strategies. In short, these lovely people who
have had dementia and Alzheimer's take their parents, siblings and friends -
know they have lived longer than any passing before - and don't have symptoms
now. This is peace of mind regarding Alzheimer's, and I wish it upon you and
your families.
You will come to respect and admire
them as well, and I thank you for taking to time to learn about the incredible
journeys they have endured for yours and our loved ones sake.
The Premise
If enough people adopt healthy
lifestyle habits, exercise and monitor their memory fitness, and develop
aggressive Alzheimer's treatment strategies with their doctors - we could
reduce the number of Alzheimer's cases 60-90% - and as new treatments are
developed - move towards the day that people live normally with Alzheimer's
disease.
Read as much of this web page
as you care to, follow my investigative reporting project that led me to the
leading Alzheimer's doctors, researchers, technologists and brain/memory
specialists - and hear their conclusion - you can reduce your chances of
ever developing Alzheimer's disease. You can also monitor your memory fitness
- watching for mild cognitive impairment - the early signature memory loss of
Alzheimer's.
Any individual at risk, should
attempt to diagnose mild cognitive impairment as early in the disease process
as possible - because, FDA approved treatments (drugs) slow the disease
process - prolonging the individual's memory fitness and cognitive health.
Reducing your chances of
developing the disease, and prolonging your memory fitness are important,
because Immunetherapy, the Alzheimer's Vaccine has produced the first evidence
that an inoculation can reverse the disease process. This isn't a cure, but it
is a major breakthrough and raises the hope that within three to five years
from now (2005) there will be effective treatments that at least prevent the
damage to the short term memory and learning centers of the brain from
developing.
I've researched all of this and
produced articles/audio/video reports so the experts can address you directly.
I've built the entire web page to assist you in helping older family members,
who may not be comfortable using a computer, actually enjoy testing their
memory as well as keeping track of their memory fitness and vital sign
records.
I've also connected the
Alzheimer's LifePlan project with the Neurological Disease Foundation's Memory
Assessment Program (MAP) - a critical research project that measures the
validity of memory testing in Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and treatment
response.
Nothing is sold here and you are encouraged to make full use of those
goods/services offered.
Where to begin? Right here.
Alzheimer's disease has
mystified and terrified the population for 100 years. Working together, we can
change that.
You can read a summary eBook
- Alzheimer's
Prevention - where the medical star of Memory Testing and Prevention,
Dr. J. Wesson Ashford, PhD., MD., shares the worth of over 25 years in
pursuit of ending Alzheimer's.
I'll show you how SGI
graphic brain scanning technology and the UCLA Neuroimaging School of
Medicine have joined forces and allowed the production of the first
animated film
of living brains being devastated by the Alzheimer's
disease process.
I'll take you to
Medafile.com, the site Dr. J. Wesson
Ashford PhD., MD., has offered information about prevention and research
supporting the validity of memory fitness testing as a diagnostic and
treatment response monitoring technology.
We'll train you so you can
take free memory fitness tests
- introducing you to a
memory fitness testing service ($10/year) that allows you to establish a
record of tests taken - creating your baseline or normal rating of brain's
ability to form recent memories. Any reduction in your memory capability is
a serious matter - and you should discuss further testing to determine what
the problem is - it may not be Alzheimer's.
I'll introduce you to
Dr. Dale Schenk,
PhD., the brilliant neuroscientist who developed the Alzheimer's Vaccine
- which has produced the first evidence the disease process can be reversed.
We'll invite you to freely
monitor the Alzheimer's LifePlan's progress in taking personal Alzheimer's
Prevention management services to the online population, radio and
television networks, community centers and Neurological Disease Foundation
research community activities.
I will also offer you a
Lifetime Membership (good through 2012) for a one time fee of $50.00. This
membership will open your personal Alzheimer's LifePlan account within the
project's online community, offering you:
Unlimited access to your
personal memory fitness testing center/record.
Unlimited access to the
news/archives/online event and NDF Research Centers.
Participation in research
projects and/or complete reporting of activities moving towards treatment
development.
Direct access to the
doctors and research teams.
Limited access to Dr.
J. Wesson Ashford's Medafile online consultation.
There are only two points where
you will have the option to make payment for something.
There is a memory testing
service - which offers you free memory fitness testing - and if you
choose, you can establish a personal memory fitness testing record system
($10.00/year). The value here is that your free test results are not stored in
your personal account - meaning your results are mixed in with any and all
visitors to the free testing site. You can of course enter the area when ever
you like, record your test results on your desktop or on paper, still
monitoring your normal memory fitness. Our goal is to assist you in monitoring
your memory fitness - the personal record system makes it easier and provides
additional access to Dr. Ashford's memory testing development group as well as
participation in future Neurological Disease Foundation research projects.
Members establish their
personal data accounts, where they have unlimited access to a version of Dr.
Ashford's clinical mild cognitive impairment screening memory testing
platform. There will be ample introduction to memory testing and the memory
fitness testing center, if you are anxious to go right to it - you can read the tutorial on
how to take your
free test here. Please note that the
public testing platform is identical to the $10/year service - the difference
is that the service allows you to establish an account with the testing center
- so the system holds you test results and can presents a graphic
representation of your baseline (history) of tests, all the data from each
test, and the ability to "throttle" the number of images, length of exposure,
sets of images taken in individual tests.
When you see a "Join the
Alzheimer's LifePlan" or "Member's Log-In" box on this web page - entering
those areas will usher you into the online community I have built for the sole
purpose of helping individuals manage their personal Alzheimer's prevention
programs.
For a one time membership fee
$50.00), individuals can become active participants in public and online
activities being conducted within the community. These include a wide range of
news/information reporting, live event coverage, "mind sport" memory gymnastic
programs, and opportunity to become involved in Neurological Disease
Foundation research projects.
I started researching
Alzheimer's prevention, developed the Short term memory testing centers, and
the Alzheimer's LifePlan online community so I could prove that my parent's
longevity (living beyond the years of their family members) was evidence there
was a lifestyle of Alzheimer's prevention. I investigated doctors,
researchers, scientists and technologists. I produced television programs
everywhere I went and often assisted the dedicated doctors/scientists in
communicating their findings to the online public.
Today - Begin
Living With Alzheimer's disease......
Right now:
Researchers and doctors promote PREVENTION as
the best treatment.
You can test your short term memory and learning performance
capacity, and monitor your baseline memory fitness -
watching for loss of ability to form memory of recent
events.
Should you develop any reduction in memory, your doctors can
test for mild cognitive impairment (the early signature of
Alzheimer's disease).
There are
FDA approved drug treatments, which slow the disease
process - if they are administered properly and as early as
possible in the mild cognitive impairment stage of
disease progress.
Great progress has been made
in treatment development - The Alzheimer's Vaccine has
produced the first documented reversal of the disease
process in human clinical trials.
A number of clinical trials
in progress now, ranging from prevention treatment
evaluation, memory testing validation, treatment development
(pharmaceutical), and effective diagnostic methodology -
promise more effective treatments within 3-5 years.
Modern technology in brain
imaging can precisely monitor tissue health, disease
process, treatment response and recovery.
Summary:
Individuals can develop their personal Alzheimer's
management programs, where they adopt healthy lifestyle
habits (prevention), monitor for any memory disorder (memory
fitness testing), develop strategic/aggressive treatment
programs with their doctors, and live as active a
physical/mental live as they can.
That's
what the Alzheimer's LifePlan will empower you to do.
Enter the Chronological History of the Alzheimer's LifePlan
The Family . . .
Both sides of my family has
been ravaged
by dementia and Alzheimer's. In the early days of my Alzheimer's research
and continuing to this day, senior members of both sides of the family are institutionalized with the disease. This short
film contains 8mm footage that I shoot in my boyhood, many of these
ancestors fell to Alzheimer's.
The Alzheimer's disease
process is still not completely understood, and prior to 2000, the diagnosis of
the disease was difficult and often inaccurate. People just developed
forgetfulness, accelerated senility, dementia, or the disease process went
undiagnosed all together. The
disease consistently robbed individuals of a dignified death.
2000 Met the
Parents.....
The strongest motive behind the
Alzheimer's LifePlan was to understand how my parents could reduce their chances
of developing Alzheimer's disease. My parents were over 80 years old
(2000) when they expressed concern for each others memory fitness. Both of my
parents have lost parents and siblings to Alzheimer's disease, and they were
living in fear.
