After decades and billions spent chasing amyloid, a new body of evidence is revealing the real causes of dementia and decades of forgotten research for healing cognitive decline is being rediscovered.
Story at a Glance:
•Alzheimer’s disease is commonly thought to result from abnormal plaque buildup in the brain that gradually destroys brain tissue. As a result, almost all Alzheimer’s research has been directed toward eliminating amyloid, even after the basis for much of this work was shown to stem from fraudulent research.
•As such, despite decades of research and billions of dollars spent, this model has completely failed to produce useful results. The costly “groundbreaking” Alzheimer’s drugs only slightly slow dementia progression—at the expense of causing brain bleeding and swelling in over a quarter of those treated. In April 2026, the most rigorous independent review of these drugs to date concluded they make no meaningful difference to patients.
•In contrast, numerous affordable treatments have been developed for Alzheimer’s disease that target the root causes of the disorder, producing significant benefits at a fraction of the cost and without any toxicity.
•One neurologist, for example, proposed that amyloid serves a protective function in the brain and treats Alzheimer’s by identifying the underlying process causing dementia (which can often be diagnosed through symptoms). Remarkably, despite the method being proven in clinical research (and now a randomized controlled trial), awareness of it or the fact there are completely different types of “Alzheimer’s disease” which require different treatments remains almost nonexistent.
•Likewise, a strong case can be made that impaired cerebral circulation, along with impaired venous and lymphatic drainage, plays a pivotal role in Alzheimer’s disease.
•A large body of forgotten research (much of it from Russia) shows that blood cells clumping together (“blood sludging”) obstructs the brain’s smallest vessels and can precede the brain changes seen in Alzheimer’s—a process Chinese medicine has long recognized as “blood stasis.”
•This article will review the common causes of cognitive impairment and dementia (e.g., cells becoming trapped in a shocked state where they no longer function) along with the forgotten treatments for neurodegenerative disorders—some of which, like DMSO, have extensive evidence supporting their use.....