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Good Morning Arizona: 80-year-old woman walking over 3,000 miles across the country

May 06, 2025

Watch Judy on Good Morning Arizona on YouTube

Dr. Judy Benjamin appeared on the Good Morning Arizona Show this May. She spoke with anchors Kylee Cruz and Alaina Kwan about her 3,000-mile walk across the country and the reasons she undertook the journey. Benjamin encouraged others to take their brain health into their own hands, explaining that there are things you can do to reverse cognitive decline, as she has. She described her healing journey, which began over a decade ago after being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, when she adopted Dr. Dale Bredesen’s approach to treating cognitive decline, becoming his “patient zero.” Among the many things she shared on the show was that her Mom passed away from Alzheimer’s, and in part, this walk is in her honor as well as to get the message out across the country that something can be done. Watch Judy on Arisona Family on YouTube.