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Learning About Alzheimer's Disease |
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Alzheimer’s disease is the second most feared disease in America, after cancer. It touches the lives of 54% of us. There is no cure. So begins Part 3 of an unprecedented and compelling story of scientific discovery and of the human faces behind the disease.
The Alzheimer's Project on HBO
HBO Films has set out to change the way America thinks about Alzheimer's with a four-part documentary serioes called THE ALZHEIMER’S PROJECT. Co-sponsored by the National Institutes on Aging, the project includes UC San Diego School of Medicine’s Paul Aisen, MD and Edward Koo, MD, both professors of neuroscience.
 The third film of the documentary, “Momentum in Science,” features Dr. Aisen – director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study – discussing the importance of clinical trials in advancing the search for a cure or treatment for Alzheimer’s. This two-hour, two-part documentary takes viewers inside the laboratories and clinics of 25 of the country’s leading scientists and physicians. Researcher tell about their efforts to discover what can be done to better diagnose Alzheimer’s, delay the onset of memory loss and ultimately prevent Alzheimer’s disease altogether, while real-life patients and their families describe the heartbreak and hope they feel.
Scientific research – including important work going on at UCSD’s Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the NIA-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study, based at UCSD – is gaining momentum in discovering ways to treat and possibly prevent the disease.
THE ALZHEIMER’S PROJECT can be viewed on HBO On Demand, HBO Podcasts, www.hbo.com, HBO Channel on YouTube, as well as on DVD. The four documentaries include the following:
- “The Memory Loss Tapes,” which provides an up-close and personal look at seven individuals living with Alzheimer’s, across the full spectrum of the progression of the disease.
- “Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am?” with Maria Shriver, which captures what it means to be a child or grandchild of one with Alzheimer's
- "Momentum in Science"
- “Caregivers,” which highlights the sacrifices and successes of people who experience their loved one’s descent into dementia.
All films stream free of charge on http://www.hbo.com/alzheimers/
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