How many books on longevity/healthfulness have I read over the past three years, since a health scare prompted selfish interest? I have lost count. Mostly they end up being well-meant exaggerations by doctors or researchers bursting to tell the world the new good news. The Ageless Brain: How to Sharpen and Protect Your Mind for a Lifetime by physician Dale Bredesen can spiral into overkill but it stands above the pack by enunciating clearly the advances in cognitive science over the recent and earlier decades. And the good doctor runs a clinic devoted, apparently successfully, to a protocol that does exactly what the book’s sub-title says. The chapter detailing his protocol (which includes three biomarkers for early identification of cognitive downturn, something I’d never seen before and now intend to pursue) is worth the price of the book alone. But the entire book, expressed clearly (if sometimes breathlessly), is a master class in scientific communication. The Ageless Brain is just the book for you if you have interest (theoretical or self-centered) in how to stave of the cliche of the aging brain.
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