Alzheimer’s ‘Cure’? For Real?

Calhoun County's Miles for Memories program, focused on grassroots support for Alzheimer's and Dementia programs and research, issues a cautionary note about reports of a cure for Alzheimer's Disease.

Sherii Sherban of the Miles for Memories leadership team tells 95.3 WBCK, very often, it's what folks see online - ads or email spam - that touts a cure. She recommends studying what you receive:

Is it based on science or is it a sales pitch?

1.Be aware when...

• If headline is question or exclamation point
• Uses the word “Proven”
• Uses the word “Shocking”
• Are the selling a product?
• Are they making “Promises”?
• “Natural” remedies are exclaimed

2.Do they mention an expert? With no degrees after name?

3.Do they send you to another website?

4.Check credentials

• Could be a university, pharmaceutical organization
• Peer review will be made
• Find a second credible opinion
• Correlation can be dangerous- not the same as causation
• Co opt actual science i.e. A study published in.... find and go read- often does not really say what the sales pitch is promoting

And if you receive such information? Sherban recommends:

• Use these articles to start a conversation.
• Read past the headline
• Check the sources
• Protect your health, hope and hard earned cash.

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