About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michael Weiner started his business career at Xerox Corporation in 1975, eventually working in the marketing headquarters in Rochester, NY. In 1999 he began working with pacemaker pioneer, Wilson Greatbatch*. Together they tackled the problem of making pacemakers safe with MRI devices, working with industry and the FDA via a CRADA (Collaborative Research and Development Agreement), eventually selling the technology to Medtronic. In 2010, on a trip to Vienna, Austria, Mike met with technology expert Armin Bernhard, Ph.D. an inventor of one of the cochlear implants. Dr. Bernhard first alerted Mike that Alzheimer's and other CNS diseases appeared to be the result of an energy deficiency, which could be resolved with non-invasive therapy, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), delivered transcranially and non-invasively (and is approved for use for depression in the US). Back in the US, Mike learned of Marvin Berman, Ph.D.'s pioneering work in Philadelphia, at the Quietmind Foundation, combining light therapy (LLLT, aka photobiomodulation) in combination with neurofeedback, for a revolutionary solution, working for Alzheimer's. Dr. Berman described the energy therapy as a form of "vitamins, not antibiotics." Mike then learned of research led by Dallas Hack, MD MPH, heading neuroscience for the US Army, in traumatic brain injury (TBI ) that led to the discovery that infrared light helped soldiers dealing with TBI. The NIH was briefed on this solution, working in humans, as far back as 2009. Mike took it to the Alzheimer's Association in 2015. There is a Catch 22, described in this book, as to why something that works, without harm, can be ignored, by science and industry. This book is to provide the community of concerned citizens, scientists, and clinicians, needed information on where a promising solution is now hiding in plain sight. Public and media awareness of this opportunity should very much help move it forward. Mike lives in Estero, Florida, north of Naples. bio: www.lifeboat.com/ex/bios.michael.l.weiner