Today’s guest is a real trailblazer in research into Alzheimer’s disease - the one disease that scares the crap out of me. 

Professor Ralph Martins is the Foundation Chair in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia and is also a professor of Neurobiology at Macquarie University. 

Today we discuss the current knowledge in both the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s, and talk about some exciting new developments that Ralph and his teams are working on that could be a real game changer in this area. There’s some pretty cool stuff, so stay tuned throughout. The major things we discuss are:

Start - how Ralph started working on Alzheimer's disease
5:35 - defining Dementia and Alzheimer's disease
9:04 - early onset, familial Alzheimer's disease
12:07  - late onset Alzheimer's disease
15:10  - why drug treatments to date have not worked
16:09 - insights from the AIBL study 
19:08 -  a leap forward in early diagnosis
26:18 -  an early detection blood panel
31:02 -  The APOE gene and Alzheimer's disease risk
35:45 -  cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease risk
39:10 -  lifestyle factors for prevention
51:15 -  blood sugar, Diabetes and Alzheimer's disease
55:15 -  lifestyle changes for treatment
59:50 -  benefits of a multi-modal prevention protocol
1:08:08 -  when we can expect a commercial blood test for early diagnosis