Peter Attia· MD
before 2011 um the fda you know the definition of alzheimer's was dementia so there was no place in research for these prodromal patients or you know testing these interventions in people before they had full-blown dementia
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
before 2011 um the fda you know the definition of alzheimer's was dementia so there was no place in research for these prodromal patients or you know testing these interventions in people before they had full-blown dementia
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before 2011 — the fda you know the definition of alzheimer's was dementia so there was no place in research for these prodromal patients or you know testing these interventions in people before they had full-blown dementia and that was very much like waiting until someone had a heart attack to say that they had coronary artery disease