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
Disaggregating Racial Data: How Studying Ethnic Subgroups Can Improve Research
A graduate student from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is pushing for the disaggregation of data in research to better understand how individuals from different ethnic subgroups are represented a...
27 Apr 202216min
Incorporating Cultural Knowledge: Improving Alzheimer’s Disease Research for Veterans and Native Americans
Dr. Cynthia Carlsson and Daniel A. King join the podcast to discuss some of the unique ways that Alzheimer’s disease affects Veterans and Native Americans. Their work at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Dise...
12 Apr 202224min
Update on Blood Tests for Alzheimer’s Disease
Research in the field of fluid biomarkers is leading to new developments in Alzheimer’s disease identification, including new tests that can predict Alzheimer’s based on biomarkers in blood. Ahead of ...
22 Mar 202232min
