Q - Your site says you have proven treatment that delays and reverses dementias, and that likely delays Alzheimer’s disease. My neurologist and internist say that there is no intervention yet proven to reverse Alzheimer dementia or prevent it or delay it. Do you have references to clinical trial reports that I could take to them to discuss this further?
A - The research to-date indicates that neurotherapeutic treatment can markedly improve cognitive functioning in elderly clients experiencing age related declines. Regarding Alzheimer's, the research indicates that the process can be delayed if treatment started early. For more advanced cases, care-givers usually report improvements but in my experience the improvements are not significant. Your physicians are correct in that there is no evidence suggesting reversal of Alzheimer dementia although, again, in the cases we have treated the care-givers report improvements. Non-Alzheimer's dementia, on the other hand, is a completely different issue and in these cases the benefits of neurotherapy are marked. The research group at University of Salzburg (Hanslmayr, S., Sauseng, P., Doppelmayr, M., Schabus, M., and Klimesch, W. (2005). Increasing individual upper alpha power by neurofeedback improves cognitive performance in human subjects. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 30, 1-10) has published several articles showing the benefits of neurotherapy on cognitive and immune functioning in elderly clients. I would also suggest that you access the International Society for Neuronal Research web-site www.ISNR.ORG and download the research bibliography prepared by Dr. Hammond. |
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Q - My father was prescribed Reminyl ER for dementia or possible Alzheimers. (He had a brain scan, but they could not say if it was Alzheimers or dementia). We are now wondering if your brain mapping can say if he has either and if your treatment would be better than the medication he was given. He has not started it yet, since we would like your opinion first. Do you have any knowledge of this Reminyl ER?
A - Our brain mapping procedures do not permit differential diagnosis but do identify conditions that compromise cognitive functioning whether associated with Alzheimer's or non-Alzheimer's dementias. The procedure that we use for dementia is to identify the areas of inefficiency in brain functioning. Once identified we use neurotherapy to normalize these areas. "Brain Brightening" is a group of procedures that we use for our older clients to improve cognitive functioning. Some of these conditions are age related declines that can be prevented or improved with regular (2 to 4 times per year) neurotherapy treatments. Our procedures have been found to be helpful with Alzheimer's as well but as with other treatments, the earlier treatment is commenced the better the opportunity for delaying progression of the dementia. For non-Alzheimer's dementia we also have the additional problem of encouraging the client to involve themselves in cognitively stimulating activities on a daily basis. Unfortunately, many such clients become sedentary which exacerbates the dementia so some behavioural therapies to encourage them to engage in mentally and physically stimulating activities are usually included in our treatment programs. |
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