A new approach to thinking about brain health and the aging brain
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- Alaska Public Media
- Published
- Fri 01 Oct 2021
- Episode Link
- https://alaskapublic.org/2021/10/01/a-new-approach-to-thinking-about-brain-health-and-the-aging-brain/
From National Institute on Aging via Wikimedia Commons
The slow decline into helplessness and isolation is a common fear among people who have cared for family members who suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease. The authors of American Dementia: Brain Health in an Unhealthy Society argue that the cure will not be found in pharmaceuticals, but in our ability to live our lives in a way that promotes positive Brain Health.
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HOST: Prentiss Pemberton
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- Dr. Daniel George, co-author, American Dementia: Brain Health in an Unhealthy Society
- Dr. Peter Whitehouse, co-author, American Dementia: Brain Health in an Unhealthy Society
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