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Building the Blocks of Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness
Learn about recent Alzheimer’s Disease research and discover classroom resources covering the basics.
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Samuel Cohen: Alzheimer's Is Not Normal Aging — and We Can Cure It
Researcher Samuel Cohen explains how Alzheimer’s differs from normal memory loss and how that may hold the key for future treatments.
  • TED
  • 8 min
Memory, Disrupted
Synapses in the hippocampus may hold a key to the processes behind Alzheimer’s disease.
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Alzheimer’s Awareness Interview: Gary Landreth
Dana Alliance member Gary Landreth, Ph.D., is a professor of neurosciences and neurology and the director of the Alzheimer Research Laboratory at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
  • The Dana Foundation
NPR's 'Car Talk' Co-Host Dies of Alzheimer's
Tom Magliozzi, co-host of NPR’s ‘Car Talk’ dies of Alzheimer’s disease
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Alzheimer's Disease Ep. 1: Where It All Began
Explore the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and learn how it affects creativity and imagination in this video.
  • NeuroRAPT
Forget Me Not
Many people have a loved one affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Hear a young girl’s story of her grandfather’s struggle with Alzheimer’s and learn more about this disease.

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  • 4 min
What is 'Healthy' Cognitive Aging?
Even without a disease such as Alzheimer's, the aging brain does show signs of wear. Researchers look to the molecular level to see if they can slow the healthy, normal progress.
  • The Dana Foundation
The Forgetting: Lesson Plans for Educators
Almost everyone knows someone affected by Alzheimer's disease. The Forgetting is a documentary that includes lesson plans to help teach about the disease.
  • PBS
Is every dementia the same as Alzheimer's disease?
Dementia is a description of any progressive disorder that takes away a person’s cognitive and functional abilities.
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Alzheimer's Disease
One of the most frightening and devastating of all neurological disorders is the dementia that can occur in the elderly. The most common form of this illness is Alzheimer’s disease.
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Alzheimer's Disease: Latest Research and Treatments
Currently approved treatments for Alzheimer’s disease do not modify the course of the disease and offer only temporary mitigation of some symptoms, such as agitation, anxiety, unpredictable behavior, sleep disturbances, and depression.
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Brain Tour: Alzheimer's Disease and the Brain
What happens in the brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease? This tour by the Alzheimer's Association explains how the brain works and how Alzheimer's affects it.
  • Alzheimer's Association

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