Dr. Majid Fotuhi

People need to appreciate that their brain has a lot of malleability.

The brain is like a muscle that can grow and become stronger at any age.

So I want them to look at it positive.

look at the fact that they can stay sharp in their 70s and 80s.

And don't be bothered by these numbers, which are not as black and white as the incidence of, for example, HIV or cancer, which are more specific conditions.

I think this is the most important thing for the population at large to appreciate.

As a neurologist specializing in memory and Alzheimer's disease, I've seen thousands of patients with different levels of memory problems, concussion related problems, different forms of dementia.

I know this field really inside and out.

And what I've seen over and over again, that many of these older people who have memory problems can be much sharper.

In my clinic, we had 25 brain coaches, people who helped to incorporate these five pillars of brain health, which we will discuss shortly, into their lives and address the treatable parts.

Like we were just talking about how depression is a treatable component of when somebody develops Alzheimer's disease.

And our office was doing really well.

At one point, our office was open from 8 a.m.

to 8 p.m.

every day,

a full schedule, you couldn't find a single open slot of 25 people working in this large brain center I had.

And that's when I realized

I'm into something and there's a need because unfortunately the media has been always talking about the doom and gloom aspect of Alzheimer's disease.

The media have not been talking about the positive news, the positive research discoveries that show you can improve your brain functions at any age, that your brain can generate new cells at any age, that just because you have memory loss, it doesn't mean you have Alzheimer's disease.

that you can help people significantly to have better cognitive function.