9.04.2016

Cohen: Alzheimer’s is not normal aging — and we can cure it


TED 2015
Cohen: Alzheimer’s is not normal aging — and we can cure it  (script)
Summary
In 1906, Dr, Alois Alzheimer found strange plagues and tangles in the brain of the patient by an autopsy. Although 114 years passed after the discovery, treating Alzheimer's diseases don't progress.
Today, Alzheimer's disease is included in the top 10 causes of death worldwide. The patients of Alzheimer's disease are over 40 million. By 2050, it will be 150 million
Alzhemer's is not a genetic disease. It is a disease can be treated like other diseases such as cancer, HIV and etc.
However, they are not recognized and resources are also lacking. Everyone has this risk. We have to help in this problem to progress.
(In Japan, the patients of Alzheimer's disease are over 4,620,000. Over 65 years old, one seven is Alzheimer's disease.)
Words in this story
Alzheimer’s  /ǽlzhàɪmɚz/ a disease of the brain that mainly affects old people and results in the gradual loss of memory, speech, movement, and the ability to think clearly.
dementia / a disease or condition that exists esp. among older people, and that results in the gradual loss of mental abilities, such as the ability to think, reason, and remember things

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