Seniors needed for BCHD study on Alzheimer’s and the environment
From left: Participating in a study on Alzheimer’s and the environment are BCHD chief medical advisor William Kim, BCHD director of lifespan services Kerianne Lawson, Loma Linda University physicians Dr. Ayesha Sherazi, Dr. Dean Sherazi, BCHD CEO Tom Bakalay, and BCHD community services director Melissa Andrizzi-Sobel. Photo courtesy Beach Cities Health District. The authors of “The Alzheimer’s Solution,” a 2017 book that examines links between lifestyle and dementia, will oversee a Beach Cities Health District study on how to prevent Alzheimer’s. The district is seeking 1,700 beach city residents to participate in the study. The residents must be over 65 and not currently suffering from dementia. The study will last for three years. An informational “Brain Health” meeting, hosted by the Hermosa Beach seniors group 5-0 will be held tonight, Thursday, July 19, at the Hermosa Beach Community Center. Doctors Ayesha and Dean Sherazi, the doctors overseeing the study and authors of “The Alzheimer’s Solution,” practice a Loma Linda University Medical Center. “While it may be easier to blame a devastating disease like Alzheimer’s on a single gene, this false belief is killing millions,”…
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