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Book Reviews | Physician or non-physician clinician

Change Your Brain Every Day (Amen, 2023): A Critical Appraisal for Clinicians Advising APOE ε4 Carriers
ByBrian Paquette July 16, 2026August 28, 2026

Amen’s daily reader recommends a lifestyle framework and a nine-supplement regimen in the same register. Only one survives comparison with the randomized evidence. US POINTER (n=2,111) found structured lifestyle intervention worked regardless of ε4 status; PreventE4 (n=365, 24 months) raised CSF DHA 17% with no cognitive or volumetric benefit. What a clinician should endorse, and what the reader cannot distinguish from within the text, is the appraisal.

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Diet and APOE4 | Non-physician and family education | Physician or non-physician clinician

What’s Good for the Heart Really Is Good for the Brain — But Know Your Genotype
ByBrian Paquette July 7, 2026September 8, 2026

Cardiovascular risk factors are among the most consistently modifiable contributors to dementia risk, but the magnitude of benefit is not uniform across APOE genotypes. A physician’s guide to lipid management, blood pressure, and vascular optimization with the genotype-stratified evidence foregrounded.

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Non-physician and family education | Physician or non-physician clinician

Sleep and Cognitive Health in APOE ε4 Carriers
ByBrian Paquette July 6, 2026August 28, 2026

Sleep is among the few modifiable factors with a direct mechanistic link to Alzheimer’s pathology, including glymphatic clearance of amyloid. This review covers sleep architecture, obstructive sleep apnea, and the genotype-stratified evidence most relevant to APOE ε4 carriers.

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Non-physician and family education

What APOE4 Means: A Practical Guide for Patients
ByBrian Paquette May 2, 2026August 20, 2026

A plain-language explanation of the APOE4 allele for patients and families — what the gene does, what carrying one or two copies changes about risk, and which next steps are supported by evidence rather than speculation.

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