Alzheimer's Disease [Paperback]

Elwood Cohen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 11, 1999

Challenging the status quo, this book shows how new research and technological advances have transformed Alzheimer's disease from a frequently-terminal illness to a preventable condition. Pragmatic and hopeful, it combines the best of standard medical knowledge with homeopathic approaches.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (June 11, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879839643
• ISBN-13: 978-0879839642
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,908,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware, November 9, 1999

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pam (Chicago area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alzheimer's Disease (Paperback)

Please be careful. Alzheimer Disease is a devistating disease and it is not fair to offer families false hope. There are so many things we have learned over the years to help make this disease easier to understand, however, to steer individuals this way is wrong.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I have NOT read this book, However, August 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Alzheimer's Disease (Paperback)

Don't be fooled into buying this book because it claims that Alzheimer's can be prevented. There is NO prevention methods available as of this date, nor is there a cure for Alzheimer's. There may be some good information in the book, but do not buy it because the word prevent/able is in the cover letter

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "Presents Alzheimer's as it really is" -- NOT!, May 11, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Alzheimer's Disease (Paperback)

Author claims to present Alzheimer's "as it really is," but instead offers a book filled with questionable, disputed, or even debunked findings (e.g. "fingerprint patterns are significantly predictive of Alzheimer's disease years before its onset") passed off as facts. Watch out for the 50 "revealing facts" listed in the first chapter; many of them are not facts at all. Fact #5 in his list is: "Alzheimer's can be prevented." If that's true, you won't learn how in this book. He also misrepresents possible correlations as proven "causes." For example, there's some evidence that educational level and brain size correlate inversely with Alzheimer's. But that's not how he presents it. In his words: "Interestingly, higher educational levels and increased brain size delay the onset of Alzheimer's." And then there's the claim that "near-miraculous strides in treatment enable doctors to retard the progression of Alzheimer's, slowing even advanced cases." The book is filled with WILD overstatements. Apart from that, there is some reasonable information about the progression of the disease, what's going on with plaques and tangles, stuff like that. The back cover says that the author "has entered the field of research" after 40 years of private practice. I'm not sure what kind of "research" he's doing, but all I can say is that if he ever came up with any evidence to back up his claims he'd win the Nobel Prize.