Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t start in the brain. Obviously, it’s a brain disease, but it’s reductive to pretend that the brain is separate from the rest of your body.
Why Does Traumatic Brain Injury Harm Your Gut?
The aftermath of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be frustrating. You may struggle with remembering, or learning new things. It can be hard to keep yourself organised or to even make decisions. And the mood swings are especially hard. But one symptom that's...
Can You Benefit From Neurofeedback?
Neurofeedback. It sounds spooky, doesn't it? As if you'll be wired up like in one of those old horror films. But neurofeedback is a non-invasive therapy that's been used for over 25 years to treat a number of neurological disorders. Just by nudging your brainwaves...
The First Drug That Can Slow Alzheimer’s?
You may have heard recently the news reports about the "first drug that can slow Alzheimer's". The drug company Bigen says that it will "soon seek regulatory approval in the UK for the groundbreaking drug called aducanumab" On looking further at this research ,...
The Critical Role Gut Health Plays
When we first began working with the Bredesen protocol, we were very conservative in our testing. We based most of our testing on the patient's signs and symptoms. For a long time we ignored gut testing in patients who did not show any obvious gut symptoms. Now, with...
Hope is Here! The Truth About The Bredesen Protocol
You're worried about the future. Everyone knows someone with Alzheimer's disease, but now it's having a more direct impact on your life. You've received the diagnosis ' or a parent, sibling, or other relative has. There's suddenly a lot to think about. But there are...
NeuroFeedback Training at the IFEN Institute in Munich
The CogMission team recently had the wonderful opportunity of training in Germany on the latest neurofeedback treatment principles. We were hosted by the IFEN institute in Munich which created a bespoke training for us to meet our specific patient needs. We have come...
Meeting Dr Dale Bredesen
Jean and I have just returned from a very productive trip to London where we met Dr. Dale Bredesen. As always, in addition to discussing individual cases, a big part of the meeting revolves around the latest thoughts on what is working with RECODE patients...
Defeating Dementia – Interview with Francis McNear
Interview with Francis McNear - author of Defeating Dementia: My Recovery From Alzheimer's Charmaine and Jean "met" Francis McNear on a dementia Facebook group where he works to inspire people. Francis is an author and businessman who unfortunately...
Environmental Toxins affecting your health
New research is flooding in daily around environmental toxins and health and we should all be very concerned. A 2005 study of cord blood of newborn babies showed that on average, babies entered this world exposed to over 287 identifiable and measurable toxins....
