80% of Dementia is Alzheimer’s disease caused by poor glymphatic clearance which is directly and significantly related to the accumulation of brain plaques.
Of course poor lifestyle choices resulting in high blood pressure, sleep disruption and so on are factors for developing dementia. I would like to propose a diverse new treatment ‘Glymphatic System Enhancement’ which is a type of Sleep Therapy. It may sound complex but is basically simple. The patient sleeps on a motion bed which will move when the patient is in the phase of sleep when the Glymphatic System is most active thus assisting the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that cleans the brain. This phase of sleep is determined by EEG brain wave interpretation. The patient remains asleep during this movement.
I realize that this is a heuristic approach to a complex problem but persons with dementia currently do not have effective solutions and the end result of dementia is horrific.
Update 27-Oct-2025, Health Canada has approved the drugs that can slow the disease progression of Alzheimer’s patients that are in the early stages by about 30 percent, but they are very expensive (CA$32,000/yr.) and can have serious side effects.
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