Battling Alzheimer’s with light and sound
President Trump infamously recommended putting light “inside the body” to fight Covid. Doctors were quick to point out that this was delusional, but research is showing light and sound can actually be useful against a very real terror… Alzheimer’s disease. Ultrasound is being used to open the blood-brain barrier to allow medicines through, laser light is being used to spike immune response, light and sound are clearing plaques in animals, and doctors are still just getting started. Here’s a few reports back from the front lines of health science…
Historic breakthrough: WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience team first to use ultrasound to treat Alzheimer’s, John Dahlia in WVNews, Oct 2018
Light and sound therapy may boost brain function, Maria Cohut in Medical News Today, Mar 2019
An Hour of Light and Sound a Day Might Keep Alzheimer’s at Bay, Angus Chen in Scientific American, Mar 2019
“Sound” Approach to Treating Alzheimer’s Disease, Laccarino et al in American Academy of Audiology, Mar 2019
Noninvasive brain wave treatment reduces Alzheimer’s pathology, improves memory in mice, Martorell et al, National Institute on Aging, Jun 2019
Scientists ‘Clear’ Alzheimer’s Plaque From Mice Using Only Light And Sound, Mike McRae on ScienceAlert, Mar 2019
Spreading the Word on a Possible Alzheimer’s Treatment, James O’Brien in Quanta Magazine, May 2020
Sound Stimulation in Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease, Clements-Cortes and Bartel in Annals of Long-Term Care, May 2015
