Alzheimer's Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments | Dr. David Carr

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Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

Medicine, Science, Health & Fitness, Life Sciences

4.6 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Dr. Carr is a Professor of Geriatric Medicine in the Department of Medicine and Neurology at Washington University at St. Louis. Dr. Carr is a clinician in the Memory Diagnostic Center and Geriatric Assessment Clinic at WU where he maintains an outpatient consulting practice in dementia and geriatric care. He is involved in Alzheimer’s Disease drug trials and was the site PI in the GRADUATE trial and the Green Memory Trial in the WU Alzheimer’s Treatment Unit. He has been and/or currently is a principal investigator or co-investigator on research, national guidelines, and/or educational initiatives related to Alzheimer's and/or medical conditions and driving with funding through NIA, NEI, and Missouri Department of Transportation. He also has been active in consulting work with NHTSA, TIRF, University of Toronto, Medscape, UpToDate and the American Geriatric Society. He has been the primary author or co-author on over 100 peer review manuscripts and chapters, most related to older drivers.

In this episode we discuss:

How to reduce risk of alzheimers
Why you should care about azlheimers in your 30s
How much alcohol is safe for your brain
How to improve your memory for the long term

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, where I believe a healthy world is based on transparent conversations.
0:14.6	In this episode of the Dr. Gabrielle Lyons Show, I'm thrilled to bring to you Dr. David Carr. He is a professor of geriatric
0:24.3	medicine in the Department of Medicine and Neurology at Washington University at St. Louis.
0:31.0	Dr. Carr is a clinician in the Memory Diagnostic Center and Geriatric Assessment Clinic at Washu, where he maintains an outpatient
0:41.0	consulting practice in dementia and geriatrics. He works closely and collaborates with state and
0:48.4	federally funded older driver research teams. He's involved in investigations as a principal investigator or co-investigator on
0:57.7	research, national guidelines, and or educational initiatives related to Alzheimer's, as well as
1:05.9	other medical conditions and driving. I am telling you, he has been the primary author on or co-author on over
1:14.9	100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, chapters. Dr. David Carr is truly extraordinary. And in this episode,
1:22.4	he makes dementia and Alzheimer's easy to understand. We talk about what dementia is, what it's not,
1:30.7	what are the causes of dementia, what you can do about it, the current practices and potential
1:38.3	interventions, and finally, where geriatrics and memory and aging are going.
1:46.4	As always, we make this content free.
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1:51.6	Pay it forward.
1:52.5	If you know somebody who is struggling with a family member that has dementia or are concerned about aging parents,
2:00.6	please send this episode to them.
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2:08.4	Please take a moment to rate, subscribe, and pay it forward.
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