How is Your Memory? Evaluating Memory in the Individual and Its Relationship to Alzheimer’s Disease

Synopsis: This programme addresses common concerns about Alzheimer’s disease - how to recognize it, what it does to the brain and memory - as well as current research projects at Stanford and around the world that are developing ways to treat and prevent this disease. As part of his lecture format, Dr. Ashford demonstrates a Memory Screening game, MemTrax. Individuals with memory problems are encouraged to play the MemTrax game.
Speaker: Wes Ashford, MD, PhD
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2010
Year of production: 2010
Subjects: Medical sciences
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; memory; patient education

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Notes: The Stanford Health Video Library features around 50 patient-education videos of prominent doctors presenting the latest health research in their area of specialism. The videos are between thirty and sixty minutes long and are offered as Quicktime or Windows Media Player files as well as for sale on DVD. Some are also available via iTunes.

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