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Mind thief : the story of Alzheimer's / Han Yu.

by Yu, Han, 1980- author.

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New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]

Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease -- History.

9780231198707 (hardcover)

0231198701 (hardcover)

x, 345 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Lost Wives -- Cursed Inheritance -- Learning to Walk -- Searching for the Alzheimer's Gene -- Late-Onset Alzheimer's -- The Paradigm -- Eli Lilly and Mice -- Inhibitors That Can't Inhibit -- Poison or Cure: Alzheimer's Vaccine -- Eli Lilly's Three Expeditions -- Taoism and Tau Mice -- Apples, Oysters, and Underdogs -- Type 3 Diabetes -- Ketones the Brain Fuel -- Insulin Fixes -- Bacteria in the Brain -- Eat Your Vegetables (and Berries) -- Blood, Heart, and Brain -- A Missed Opportunity -- Paradigm Shift (?) -- An Enriched Life -- Epilogue -- Notes.

"Alzheimer's disease, a haunting and harrowing ailment, is one of the world's most common causes of death. Alzheimer's lingers for years, with patients' outward appearance unaffected while their cognitive functions fade away. Patients lose the ability to work and live independently, to remember and recognize. There is still no proven way to treat Alzheimer's because its causes remain unknown. Mind Thief is a comprehensive and engaging history of Alzheimer's that demystifies efforts to understand the disease. Beginning with the discovery of "presenile dementia" in the early twentieth century, Han Yu examines over a century of research and controversy."--

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