Year in review: Here are 2021's most watched videos from our LiveTalks with Alzheimer's and dementia experts, advocates and families.
As part of our mission to bring you trustworthy information that’s easy to understand, our editorial team hosts weekly LiveTalks with experts, advocates and people living with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Check out our upcoming LiveTalks, and find 2021’s most popular LiveTalks here.
Dr. Zaldy Tan on the Stages of Dementia
Dr. Zaldy Tan, director of the Cedars-Sinai Health System / Memory & Aging Program, discusses dementia’s symptoms at various stages of the disease, and discusses the importance of knowing whether a person is in the early, middle or late stage, as well as why some can experience a faster decline than others.
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A Neuroscientist on Overcoming COVID ‘Brain Fog’
COVID-19 can lead to neurological complications such as “brain fog.” Neuroscientist Kristen Willeumier shares strategies for people to restore and preserve their brain health.
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Frontotemporal Dementia at the Age of 29
Dawn Kirby discusses caring for her daughter, who was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia at 29 years old. Dr. Brad Dickerson, director of the Frontotemporal Disorders Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, joins the conversation to share insights on the diagnostic process and treatment of the brain disorder.
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Experts Respond: FDA’s Approval of Aducanumab
Dr. Stephen Salloway, director of Butler Hospital’s Memory and Aging Program, and Dr. Lon Schneider, the director of the California Alzheimer’s Disease Center at USC, share insights about the FDA’s approval of the Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab (now on the market as Aduhelm).
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A Retired Neurologist’s Alzheimer’s Journey
For retired neurologist Daniel Gibbs, an Alzheimer’s diagnosis gave him not only a sense of relief, but a new lifestyle: one of healthier living, Alzheimer’s advocacy, and savoring life’s little pleasures.
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What Are Rapidly Progressive Dementias?
Dr. Michael Geschwind, professor of neurology at the University of California San Francisco Memory and Aging Center, speaks about the symptoms, diagnoses and treatments of rapidly progressive dementias. Hosted by newscaster Genevieve Glass.
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Differentiating Dementia From ADHD in Older Adults
Sandra Kooij, associate professor of psychiatry at Amsterdam University Medical Center, speaks about the symptoms and treatments of ADHD in older adults and how clinicians distinguish the manifestations of the disorder from the signs of dementia.
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TV Personality Leeza Gibbons on Caring for a Loved One With Dementia
Talk show host Leeza Gibbons (Entertainment Tonight) speaks about her family’s journey with Alzheimer’s, and her mission to support caregivers through Leeza’s Care Connection, a signature program of the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation.
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Can Viruses and Bacteria Cause Alzheimer’s?
Some researchers are putting stock in the infectious theory of Alzheimer’s — the idea that the disease can be caused by pathogens like viruses and bacteria.
Brian Balin, professor of neuroscience and neuropathology, and director of the Center for Chronic Disorders of Aging at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; Davangere Devanand, professor of clinical psychiatry and neurology at Columbia University and principal investigator of the Valacyclovir Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease trial; and Ruth Itzhaki, visiting professor of the Institute of Population Ageing at University of Oxford and professor emerita at University of Manchester share insights with Being Patient Editor in Chief Deborah Kan.
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