Fade To Darkness: The Age Of Alzheimer's - Part 3
Series: Fade To Darkness: The Age Of Alzheimer's (series)
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Scientists can now predict with reasonable certainty who is likely to get Alzheimer’s. But that brings a difficult decision: should we be tested when there is currently no effective treatment? The answer could determine the progress of Alzheimer’s research.
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Scientists can now predict with reasonable certainty who is likely to get Alzheimer’s. But that brings a difficult decision: should we be tested when there is currently no effective treatment? The answer could determine the progress of Alzheimer’s research.
Broadcast History
10/26/11, 90.9 WBUR Boston
Intro and Outro
INTRO:HOST INTRO:
While there's no single test that can diagnose Alzheimer's disease, scientists can now predict with reasonable certainty who is most at risk of developing this incurable brain disorder.
And as baby boomers reach age 65, when risk of Alzheimer's significantly increases, more people are asking, should we be screened for the disease, or not? The question is made more difficult by the fact that there is currently no effective treatment for Alzheimer's.
Today, in the third part of our series, “Fade To Darkness: The Age of Alzheimer’s,” we meet one family facing this decision - and as Sacha [pr. SA-sha] Pfeiffer reports, the answer they and others like them give may help determine the progress of Alzheimer's research.
OUTRO:HOST OUTRO:
Sacha [pr. SA-sha] Pfeiffer reporting from WBUR in Boston. Tomorrow, we'll explore why more funding is available for research into cancer and AIDS than for Alzheimer's.
Our series, "Fade To Darkness: The Age Of Alzheimer's," continues tomorrow on (your program/station.)
Additional Credits
Reporter: Sacha Pfeiffer
Executive Producer: Iris Adler
Co-producer & Technical Director: George Hicks
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