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While definitely not for everyone, intermittent fasting seems to have helped me.

Related: pointers to some recent research on it.

"The headlines claim treatment will be available within six years. The reality is a lot more complex."

But these are intriguing: "Mounting Evidence That Herpesvirus Is a Cause of Alzheimer's" and "How an outsider in Alzheimer’s research bucked the prevailing theory — and clawed for validation".

A bone marrow transplant is a heck of a price to pay. But if it beats the cancer and fixes your head, it's worth it.

UPDATE: link fixed now.

You can help yourself by learning just a bit of statistics. Bayes' Theorem, for one.

I've always been suspicious of drugs that affect your mental state. They may well be necessary in some cases, but I would advise caution.

If you like lowest-common-denominator care, it would be just fine.

"Like tobacco industry executives before them, they have to lie in order to defend a flawed product."

". . . the new work is a 'tour de force,' says microbiologist Lynn Silver, who for more than 20 years developed antibiotics at Merck and is now a consultant based in Springfield, New Jersey."

Being super-aggressive doesn't seem to always be best.

Some sage advice from Captain Kirk. With a cautionary note about medical testing. (And at least this time, the doctor was wrong.)