Dr. John Denboer on ”This is Dementia: Disrupting the Decline”

<p>“Dementia is not an aging disease; however, it is the most common disease among the aging population.” Dr. Babak Nayeri, Clinical Associate Professor from the University of Arizona, from the Netflix Documentary, This is Dementia.</p> <p>Watch this interview on YouTube here <a href='https://youtu.be/-U-slBBIEIA'>https://youtu.be/-U-slBBIEIA</a></p> <p>On this episode you will learn:</p> <p>✔ Who is Dr. John Denboer, what he built, and lost in his passion to help mitigate dementia.</p> <p>✔ What Dr. Denboer learned raising funds for a high growth startup.</p> <p>✔ What is the difference between Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia?</p> <p>✔ What can we all do now to mitigate this debilitating disease.</p> <p>✔ How a tattoo with personal and professional meaning motivates Dr. Denboer to keep moving forward with his work.</p> <p>Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, for EPISODE #221. For those who are new here, I’m Andrea Samadi, author, and educator, with a passion for learning, understanding difficult concepts, and breaking them down so that we can all use and apply the most current research to improve our productivity and results in our schools, sports environments, and workplaces.</p> <p>This month, we are breaking into a new season on the podcast, Season 8, where our focus will be on Brain Health and Learning with a look at How an Understanding of Our Brain Can Improve Learning in Ourselves (adults, teachers, workers) as well as our future generations of learners.</p> <p>If you’ve been following our podcast over the seasons, you will know that our content took the turn towards health and wellness around September 2020 with a BONUS EPISODE where we covered the Top 5 Brain Health and Alzheimer’s Prevention Strategies<a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a> after watching Dr. David Perlmutter’s Alzheimer’s <em>The Science of Prevention Documentary.<a href='#_edn2'>[ii]</a></em> We took a closer look at Daily Exercise, Sleep, Eating a Healthy Diet, Optimizing our Microbiome, and I