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An Update on Alzheimer's

"Am I going to get it?" "What can I do to prevent getting it?" "How can we help someone who has it?"

Alzheimer’s experts says those are among the most frequent questions they get from the general public.

NOTE: This is an encore broadcast which originally aired Thursday, April 11, 2013.

Guests:
Sue Friedman
- President and CEO of the Alzheimer’s Association of Central and Western Virginia.

Kathleen L. Fuchs, Ph.D. - Neuropsychologist. Alzheimer’s researcher. Clinical Therapist. Member of the Memory and Aging Care Division as well as Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Virginia.

Eliezer Sobel - Author of Blue Sky, White Clouds: A Book for Memory Challenged Adults (2012, Rainbow Ridge Books).

Tom Graham was Senior Producer and host of WMRA's Virginia Insight from 2006 to 2015.