ASCEND Neuro

Remarkable improvements
in dementia and cognitive decline are being reported

Dementia.  Alzheimer’s.  Parkinson’s.  Mild to Severe Cognitive Decline
IN THE NEWS
Our associate in Houston was the treating physician.
We provide this treatment.
Click to see a News Article:
From Near-Catatonic to Dancing: Advanced Alzheimer's Patient Experience

For families facing dementia, Alzheimer’s,
Parkinson’s, or mild to severe cognitive decline

ASCEND Neuro is presented as a private,
physician-directed pathway
for exploring reported restoration of function.

Expert-designed and physician-supervised
to reclaim the performance, resilience,
and internal state of younger life.

Offered through direct client relationships.
Inquiries are answered personally and privately to determine alignment and suitability.

+1 512 717 2583

For those seeking general systemic restoration of youthful function
and long healthy life.

ASCEND

A private specialist resource

Individualized support for the individual and family

Physician speaking with an older adult during a private consultation

Treatment for dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, mild to severe cognitive decline – as well as system-wide restoration of youthful biological function

Physician meeting with an individual, family member, and medical professional
  • FDA approved biologic
  • Administered by physicians with extensive experience
  • Not yet widely recognized
  • Has shown remarkable improvements in some individuals
Private family discussion with a physician

Relationships are managed with the utmost discretion, privacy, and confidentiality.

ASCEND private physician-directed program mark

A specialist resource that the individual or family can utilize when appropriate

  • Private educational briefing
  • Physician-to-individual and family discussion
  • Neurodegeneration-focused consultation
  • Physician evaluation
  • Research - observational treatment study participation
  • Philanthropic and humanitarian
Balance scale representing the analytical and emphathetic dimensions of care

Balance

Analytical

  • Physician oversight
  • Objective outcome measures
  • Cognitive assessments
  • Biomarkers
  • Safety monitoring
  • Evidence review
  • Certainty

Emphathetic

  • Preserve independence
  • Reduce individual’s and family distress and caregiver fatigue/burnout
  • Maintain dignity
  • Remaining involved in family life
  • Helping the individual, while supporting spouses, children, and all family members

One Reported Case Experience

Karen's Story. A severe dementia case, in her husband’s own words.

82-year-old female at death’s doorstep, innocently doomed because she inherited double APOE4 genes, now can walk, talk, converse, plus a lot more. The miracle is here and now: yFFP.”

Baseline and after first treatment · Case Study 10

7-Week Update

At seven weeks, improvement continued. Her husband reports she is speaking coherently and even aspires to reopen a dance studio, as she was a professional ballerina when she was younger.

Functional Change

She walked three and a half blocks to a restaurant, without a walker or wheelchair, ate breakfast on her own, and walked back.

Physician Follow-Up

Cognitive and chemistry results checked out.

“This week the subject had her exam by her main physician. She passed her cognitive and physician tests, and her chemistries all checked out.”

Case Study 10 · Update 6/13/2026

Physician Response

The physician administering the treatment remained astonished at her turnaround.

Planned Continuation

Both wife and husband remained scheduled to each receive 3 liters of young plasma in July.

Our Physicians and Medical Professionals

Our medical team includes eleven world-class physicians and medical professionals with extensive experience.

Your physicians and medical specialists are thoughtfully selected and coordinated around your individual needs, goals, and circumstances.

Each brings specialized clinical knowledge, insight, and a commitment to thoughtful patient care.

They are passionate about providing preventive, integrative, and personalized medical treatments.



Meet Joseph Feste MD

DrJoeFeste
In his office in the rolling hills of Austin

Dr. Joseph Feste is founder of Vital Health Integrative Medicine in Austin, Texas.

He has more than 50 years of expertise.

Dr. Feste is passionate about providing preventive and integrative medical treatments.

He serves as a guiding source of research, insight, and educational leadership.

Curriculum Vitae

Meet John M. "Johnny" Adams -- CEO / Exec. Director Carl I. Bourhenne Medical Research Foundation
501(c)(3) nonprofit | Founded 1979 | EIN 95-3097808
dba Aging Intervention Foundation

Johnny Adams
Surrounded by reminders of long healthy life

I worked with top physicians and medical professionals to create ASCEND to restore youth for long healthy life in others - and in myself.

For more than five decades I have pursued practical methods for slowing, reversing, and ultimately overcoming the biological processes of aging.

Today my sharp focus is neurodegeneration - dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, cognitive decline and others. This work is deeply personal to me. At 76, I remain actively engaged in pursuing solutions to neurodegenerative disease and systemic aging. Like many families, mine has experienced the devastating effects of cognitive decline, and I have devoted my efforts to helping change what may be possible for future patients.

Along the way I have researched hundreds of age-management therapies and personally experienced dozens, carefully tracking biomarkers and other objective measures whenever possible. My work has included helping organize research studies, evaluating emerging therapies, and building practical systems for measuring biological aging and therapeutic outcomes.

Through the Aging Intervention Foundation, the Gerontology Research Group, Age Reversal Network, BioFutures, and other organizations, I have collaborated with scientists, physicians, innovators, entrepreneurs, and highly informed individuals who share the goal of extending healthy human life.

I also maintain educational resources, online meetings, interviews with leading researchers, and websites dedicated to evidence-based longevity science, objective aging metrics, and the responsible exploration of emerging therapies.

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IN THE NEWS
Our associate in Houston was the treating physician.
We provide this treatment.
Click to see a News Article:
Morningstar: From Near-Catatonic to Dancing: Advanced Alzheimer's Patient Experience

Another News Article
BioSpace: From Near-Catatonic to Dancing:
Advanced Alzheimer's Patient Experience

The Flagship Briefing

Your path to ASCEND begins with a personal briefing lasting approx. 40 minutes. It includes a concise, easy-to-understand review of the biology behind our flagship FDA-approved biologic: carefully screened and matched young plasma.

You will learn what sets this approach apart, exploring the scientific foundation, clinical evidence, published research, and real-world case studies from people I personally know and trust. Together, these insights reveal why the therapy delivers outcomes that are measurably far superior than other approaches.

Highlights of the Briefing

  • Johnny Adams' 50 years experience
    • research and solutions development for the restoration of youth, and long healthy life
    • now sharp focus on neurodegeneration (dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's)
  • Case studies showing positive results of young plasma infusions
    • general systemic aging
    • neurodegeneration - dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinsin's Disease, neuropathy
  • Young plasma is effective - and safe
    • FDA approved biologic
    • 1,500–3,000 plasma infusions per day in the US
    • one of the most highly regulated biologics
  • Activates, repairs and renews systems that no longer work when we get old
    • replaces senescent, misfolded, depleted, oxidized, glycated, worn out, defective, dysfunctional, and just plain old components . . .
    • with young ones that work much better to benefit health and longevity
  • Youth promoting actions:
    • biomolecules are much younger, and perform tasks much better to keep our older bodies running more smoothly and efficiently
    • the young exosomes, cytokines, and proteins trigger quiescent (dormant) stem cells
  • Key points: Unlike most single therapies and combinations, young plasma affects an extremely wide range of therapeutic targets and hallmarks
    • contains a full range of many thousands of geroprotective and repair components that are balanced and complementary – far more effective than one therapy, or several in combination (stack)
      • top level component categories include exosomes, peptides, cytokynes, growth factors, metabolites, nutrients, miRNAs, regulatory proteins – hormones, enzymes, mitochondria, minerals, electrolytes, albumin, antibodies
      • beneath these categories lie many thousands of types of individual biomolecules
    • in familiar terms: if your car were due for a tune-up, would you replace just one or two spark plugs—or the entire set?
    • this balance is consistent with the target we are aiming for: youth

The treatment and the science behind its benefits can appear complex at first.  A complete understanding comes from having the briefing, asking questions, and receiving detailed explanations.

ASCEND Neuro

For families facing dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, or cognitive decline, ASCEND Neuro is presented as a private, physician-directed pathway for exploring reported restoration of function.

Johnny Adams

Contact

Johnny Adams

CEO / Executive Director
Carl I. Bourhenne Medical Research Foundation /
Aging Intervention Foundation
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BioFutures
Age Reversal Network
Gerontology Research Group
American Longevity Alliance

+1 512 717 2583
[email protected]
Happy after young plasma