There’s another interesting interview with Terry Pratchett by BBC News.
Plus….
Author Attacks Alzheimer’s Ban
Terry Pratchett launches attack on NHS
Alzheimer’s Society Comment On Panorama
Terry Pratchett’s anger over the life-changing Alzheimer’s drug not available on the NHS

Minnesota Public Radio has the ‘latest on alzheimer’s’ radio broadcast that’s worth a listen. With guests Ronald Petersen, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic Medical School and Alzheimer’s disease researcher, and Benjamin Wolozin, a neurologist at Boston University, the radio program discusses a new Mayo Clinic study. The study seems to show that more people are showing early signs of dementia at a much earlier age.

Why do memories disappear? This question and more is answered in this podcast interview with Sue Halpern, author of Can’t Remember What I forgot.

Sue also offers tips on How to Improve Your Memory in this video.
Plus an interview with Authors@Google…

A series of personal Alzheimer’s experiences put together by the Alzheimer’s Society.
Sue

Daphne

Peter

Sheila

Dr. Ronald Petersen, the Director of the Mayo Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Professor of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, was called upon by ABC News to answer their viewers’ most common questions about Alzheimer’s Disease.
The questions ranged from…
“What foods might be helpful in delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s or mild cognitive impairment?”
to…
“Is Alzheimer’s disease found primarily in those with a genetic link to others with the disease?”
Head on over the ABC News and find out what Dr Peterson has to say.

Last week I posed about Terry Pratchett’s speech to an Alzheimer’s Conference.
Now you can see the speech…
Part One

Part Two

CBS news has an interesting article and video about children growing up around Alzheimer’s Disease.
It highlights the fact that Alzheimer’s is a disease that affects people of all ages and generations.

Best selling author Terry Pratchett, recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, is speaking out about the ’shameful’ lack of funding to help fight Alzheimer’s.
Speaking at a conference of Alzheimer’s Researchers in Bristol this week, Pratchett said
“There’s nearly as many of us as there are cancer sufferers, and it looks as if the number of people with the disease will double within a generation. And, in most cases, alongside the sufferer you will find a spouse suffering as much. It’s a shock and a shame, then, to find out that funding for research is three per cent of that which goest …read more

Cynthia Lemere of Harvard Medical School shares her findings on the link between inflammation and Alzheimer’s disease. Series: Inflammation as Cause and Consequence of Disease [Health and Medicine]

Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease at the age of 52, Kate Clark became the first person with Alzheimer’s Disease to be on the board of Alzheimer’s New Zealand.