44 min

Introducing Alzheimer's disease: Interview with Linda Long Live The Brains

    • Medicine

In this episode, Dr. Tipton formally introduces Alzheimer's disease...what it is, what causes it, the role of genetics etc. He then interviews Linda, who has had several family members with Alzheimer's disease. Linda watched as this disease slowly took her mother's memory and reverted her to child-like behavior and eventually seizures. Hear how Linda coped with these struggles as well as those that came when some of her siblings also developed dementia.

In this episode, Dr. Tipton formally introduces Alzheimer's disease...what it is, what causes it, the role of genetics etc. He then interviews Linda, who has had several family members with Alzheimer's disease. Linda watched as this disease slowly took her mother's memory and reverted her to child-like behavior and eventually seizures. Hear how Linda coped with these struggles as well as those that came when some of her siblings also developed dementia.

44 min