Dr. John Trojanowski, pioneer in the field of research on neurodegeneration and advocate for physical exercise to fight Alzheimer's disease, died on February 8. He is well known for his discoveries explaining the role of tau protein in several neurodegenerative diseases and for correlating Alzheimer's disease with Lewy body dementia. While he didn't dismiss the amyloid hypothesis for Alzheimer's disease, he did not believe tau got the attention it deserved. (We discuss the tension between the amyloid hypothesis and tau in Beating the Dementia Monster.)
Trojanowski was an advocate for lifestyle changes to fight Alzheimer's disease. In this 2012 video (9 minutes), he goes through each of the vehicles I've collected in "the Dementia Toolkit" and explains their power.
Dr. Trojanowski will be very much missed.
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