Keywords

Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, family health history, memory loss, prevention, personal experiences, mental health, cognitive decline

Summary

In this conversation, Mark Burnett discusses the impact of family health history on cognitive diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. He shares a personal experience of getting lost while driving, which prompted him to confront his fears about memory loss and seek preventive measures.

Takeaways

people have it run in their family, like my grandfather had Alzheimer's or my dad had Parkinson's.
using this to prevent it from actually even getting started works.
I was driving home from a road that I had been on and driven for 20 years and I got lost.
this is crazy. I don't know where I'm at.
I'm not going to press the ways or Google maps to try to figure out how to get home.
I'm going to keep fighting it out.
It scared me. It really scared me.
it was those types of things that made me think outside the box.
I got to get a handle on this before it gets worse.
navigating personal experiences with memory loss is crucial.

Titles

Confronting Family Health History
Personal Journeys Through Memory Loss

Sound bites

"people have it run in their family"
"I got lost driving home"
"It scared me. It really scared me."

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Mark Burnett and His Journey
00:45 The Science Behind Amyloid Beta Plaque