Delirium and Dementia: Plenary Preview with Dr. Sharon Inouye
AAIC Special Series Part 4: Research into delirium, a condition where older adults experience acute confusional states during hospitalizations, and its connections to dementia have led to numerous ad...
14 Jul 202223min
Non-Pharmacological Care for People with MCI and Dementia: Plenary Preview with Dr. Linda Lam
AAIC Special Series Part 3: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an early stage of memory loss and cognitive impairment that can develop into dementia. While physicians have medications they can prescri...
12 Jul 202217min
Opening Doors to Research Participants: Making Scientific Conferences Accessible to the Public
AAIC Special Series Part 2: Attending scientific conferences is usually a major commitment, often requiring attendees to travel, pay attendance fees, and take time out during the day to learn about gr...
7 Jul 202218min
The World’s Largest Forum for Alzheimer’s Research: Introducing the AAIC 2022 Special Series
AAIC Special Series Part 1: To kick off our month-long special series previewing the 2022 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, or AAIC, we’ve invited Claire Sexton, senior director of th...
5 Jul 202216min
Study Shows Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders Can Lead to Worse Care, Increase Death Rates
A do-not-resuscitate, or DNR, order is used to indicate when a patient chooses to forgo resuscitation, however recent analysis shows that multiple studies have connected the presence of DNR orders to ...
28 Jun 202227min
‘Finding the Right Words’: Author Interview with Cindy Weinstein and Bruce Miller
American literature professor and author Cindy Weinstein and behavioral neurologist Bruce Miller join the podcast to discuss their latest book, "Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, ...
14 Jun 202233min
Alcohol and the Brain: One Drink a Day Associated with Brain Shrinkage
There are many conflicting studies on how alcohol consumption can impact a person’s health, with some studies suggesting light drinking can protect against coronary heart disease and others concluding...
2 Jun 202220min
Women’s Health Month: Women and Alzheimer’s Disease
In honor of Women’s Health Month, Dr. Jessica Caldwell joins the podcast to discuss sex differences in aging and Alzheimer’s disease. She explains some of the ways women experience aging and Alzheimer...
25 Mai 202227min
