The Peter Attia Drive

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#399 ‒ The evolution of Alzheimer's disease and dementia care: how early detection, personalized treatment, new therapies, and a multimodal approach are changing the landscape | Gayatri Devi, M.D.

Explore episode Jul 13, 2026

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Risk factors for Lewy body dementia

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Gayatri Devi outlines what is known about Lewy body risk factors: family history (when the diagnosis is correct), vascular risk factors, Alzheimer's pathology itself, Parkinson's disease, and even essential tremor — which sits on the same pathological spectrum. However, she is candid that the evidence base for Lewy body disease is far thinner than for Alzheimer's, and many purported risk factors may reflect shared underlying mechanisms rather than direct causality. The male predominance in Lewy body may partly be an artifact of Parkinson's misclassification skewing the denominator. She applies the universal principle: whatever is good for cardiovascular health is good for the brain, regardless of the specific dementia pathology.

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