Becky Hansen talks with Richard Elbein, CEO of the Alzheimer’s Association Houston & Southeast Texas Chapter. Elbein explains that Alzheimer’s is a specific brain disease and Dementia is a general term for ‘loss of memory’. He explains that there has been much ongoing research over the years and describes some of the recent breakthroughs. (www.alz.org/texas)
Original airdate: 4/7/2024
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Becky joined EMF in 2005 and she covers Alaska, Minnesota, the UP of Michigan and the Dakotas.