What is The Curing Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation?

Answer: We are a Minnesota-based nonprofit dedicated to funding research into Alzheimer’s Disease and providing community education on brain health and disease prevention.

How does the foundation support Alzheimer’s research?

Answer: We are the exclusive funder of The Alzheimer’s Legacy Lab at the University of Minnesota, financing studies on the role of periodontal disease in the development of Alzheimer’s.

How can I donate or support the foundation?

Answer: Donations can be made directly on our website. Your support goes entirely to funding research and community education programs.

Where can I learn more about Alzheimer’s prevention?

Answer: Visit our Keeping Your Mind page on our main site: www.curingalzheimersdisease.com to learn about our workshops, resources, and practical guides for maintaining brain health.

Curing Alzheimer's Disease Foundation | Research, Prevention & Support

I'm Committed to Funding Alzheimer’s Research Right Here in Minnesota

Hi there! Thanks for finding this website that shares so much hope in the fight against Alzheimer’s! You found me because you are searching for answers…

…and I’m here because I have been compiling all the answers you seek. And if I don’t have them, I’ll find them. Because I have dedicated my entire career to helping cure this devastating disease.

My name is Anna Shelander. But truthfully, you can call me “Alzheimer’s Anna” – which more and more people seem to be doing. That’s because I’m a crusader that will not stop until I see a cure for Alzheimer’s. I have your back. I don’t have an “off” button, but instead am “on all the time.”

I founded The Curing Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation officially in 2022. The goal of my nonprofit is to ensure that promising theories regarding what could be causing this disease get the attention they deserve. And those that are passe – that after twenty years don’t yield – get less funding.

The current idea that Beta-Amyloid is the “Bad Guy” has had it time to prove itself – and it hasn’t.

The answer to what is causing Alzheimer’s needs to come from another theory…one mainstream but gaining momentum. An outlier, that’s gaining attention: which is exactly where our Foundation’s funding focuses: …My dad ‘s unbelievable case: he repeatedly and durably reversed his Alzheimer’s symptoms! AND he preserved brain tissue!

That’s the fringe. One person – a scientist himself – decides he will subject himself to 6 year of theory.

This wasn’t animal model. This was Human…

And proves that some forms of Alzheimer’s can be reversed.

I must emphasize that I need your support. In the form of a tax-deductable donations. We have a secure donation form on my foundation’s main website: www.CuringAlzheimersDisease.com There you will find lots of evidence-based information about risk factors for this disease as well as actionable things you an do to prevent or slow this disease.

I always end all my letters: Best in Health – because that is what you will find if you follow me.

My Foundation's Journey and Impact

My father – Dr. David E. Crandall DDS -is the brain behind our Foundation – literally. Though he had the highest level of Alzheimer’s possible, his brain upon autopsy was well preserved and capable of function. Researchers thought it was just great Genes at play until they came to realize that he’d been medicating himself over the years…and it’s this surprising drug regimen that researchers believe are the strongest clue yet for the Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Crandall’s drug protocols and brain will be studied at The Alzheimer’s Legacy Lab at the University of Minnesota. His miraculous journey provides hope that someday soon this disease will have a treatment…and can be cured.

Our Story

What Sets our Alzheimer's nonprofit Apart from Others…

Based in Stillwater, the CAD Foundation makes sure your money stays here at home where it goes toward running the UMN Alzheimer’s Legacy Lab and supports our Alzheimer’s Prevention program being offered to older Minnesotans and Western Wisconsinites.

We Support One Lab at a Time

We feel the “spray and pray” method of funding research lacks the accountability and efficiency needed to cure this disease. Which is why we are only supporting the UMN Alzheimer’s Legacy Lab.

We Will See the Science Through

The CAD Foundation is committed to funding The Alzheimer’s Legacy Lab from hypothesis to conclusion. No other non profit has made this promise to its research partners before.

Photo Gallery of Dr. David E. Crandall DDS

2017 dad, feeling better from shingles - at josephs 2018

Who is the man behind this website?

My Dad, Dr. David E. Crandall is the subject of this website. He raised me, along with my two older brothers and my younger sister. He was married 60 years to my mom. He was a dentist who practiced in White Bear Lake Minnesota. And he loved horses: raising, training and racing thoroughbreds ~ is what filled his heart with joy.

But that doesn’t make someone famous. Changing the history of a disease does.

My dad also made the brave and fearless choice to consult with scientists to devise what could potentially harm him – in the pursuit of finding something that could also potentially cure him. He was willing to make that sacrifice as he had so much to live for –

He is truly a medical miracle because he is the very first patient on record who has been able to reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Dr. Crandall was 85 years old when he died. He was of higher income, higher education (Dentist), and had a history of being very physically active. Oh – and he had a sweet tooth! His dentition was NOT intact – he was missing #29 (lower right), #13 & #14 (upper left) & #8 (upper left). In addition, he has had extensive dental work including two root canals. Dr. Crandall had acid reflux disease and a history of auto-immunity, specifically: PMR, Hypothyroidism, R/A and Periodontal Disease.

When Dr. Crandall was able to follow the protocols on this website, his condition (medically documented) drastically improved.

But as is so often the case when treating with multiple doctors, his own protocols were interrupted by docs who disagreed with his medical assessments – reversing all inroads he’d made.

Near the end of his life, the one drug that was the most effective in reversing his cognitive declines had become ineffective due to resistance (10 times on and off a drug will do that). And sadly, in late 2019, he succumbed to the disease. But not before making sure his unique brain could be studied.

Presently, we have autopsied the Right hemisphere and have frozen the Left Hemisphere of “The Golden Brain” for future study. Dr. David Crandall’s Alzheimer’s Legacy Lab is already to animal model. Which is unprecidented progress – and could only be possible by the continued generous giving of everyone who visits this website, learns more and donates to our foundation – so we can support the UMN lab that’s working to discover an Alzheimer’s cure.

What is The Curing Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation?
Answer: We are a Minnesota-based nonprofit dedicated to funding research into Alzheimer’s Disease and providing community education on brain health and disease prevention.
How does the foundation support Alzheimer’s research?
Answer: We are the exclusive funder of The Alzheimer’s Legacy Lab at the University of Minnesota, financing studies on the role of periodontal disease in the development of Alzheimer’s.
How can I donate or support the foundation?
Answer: Donations can be made directly on our website. Your support goes entirely to funding research and community education programs.
Where can I learn more about Alzheimer’s prevention?
Answer: Visit our Keeping Your Mind page on our main site: www.curingalzheimersdisease.com to learn about our workshops, resources, and practical guides for maintaining brain health.

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