08/31/2026
Prevention is moving in an exciting direction. 🧠
The Alzheimer’s Association recently announced the $100 million PROTECT-Cog trial, which will study whether combining a GLP-1 medication with intensive lifestyle changes can help reduce cognitive decline and dementia risk.
What I find so important is the focus on the combination: medication PLUS exercise, nutrition, cognitive and social engagement, and cardiovascular health monitoring.
These same lifestyle strategies can also help reduce our risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and other chronic diseases — while supporting brain health.
We don’t have the answers from this trial yet, but this is a step in the right direction.
Medication can be a powerful tool. But lifestyle still matters.
This is what prevention looks like.