Alzheimer's: the fight back

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Thanks to Sannia Farrukh and the ICGEB for their support in making this show!It's thought that by the end of the decade, 78 million people around the world will have Alzheimer's disease. It's debilitating and progressive. It robs people of their personality, their independence, and their quality of life. And caring for people with the condition, which often goes on over many years, is extremely costly, both financially and emotionally. The biggest risk factor is age; and as the proportion of the population living into their 80s, when as many as a fifth of individuals can develop the condition,... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:17.0	Hello, welcome to the Naked Scientists.
0:19.6	This is the program where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine.
0:24.2	I'm Chris Smith.
0:25.6	And this week we're looking at Alzheimer's Disease.
0:28.7	With the number of cases and the costs involve skyrocketing, especially among our ageing population
0:33.7	what can be done to better manage and treat the disease.
0:37.0	From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education,
0:40.7	this is the naked scientists.
0:43.0	It's thought that by the end of the decade 78 million people around the world will have
0:56.5	Alzheimer's disease.
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