Experts predict a global epidemic of Alzheimer's disease as the world's population ages. Their focus is now on a fat hormone that may indicate who is more likely to get Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. By 2050, the number of people with Alzhei

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)

Doll Therapy May Help Calm People With Dementia, But It Has Critics play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:38repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Fl

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

New research suggests a relatively simple blood test might make it possible to predict who is at a higher risk for developing dementia. The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's Disease, and currently, it can only be definitively diagnosed in a

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LINDSEY SMITH, HOST: Hey, it's Lindsey. Everything in this series will make a lot more sense if you start with Episode 1. Also, a warning, we're going to talk about sexual assault in explicit terms. And there's some swearing. KATE WELLS, HOST: Dr. Su

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: More than 5 million Americans every year fall critically ill and end up in an intensive care unit, and doctors are now coming to realize that as many as half of the people who've been rushed to the ICU for a medical emergency will

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Shirley Mickel, 62, who retired from the federal government, might be lowering her risk of dementia by volunteering at a Washington, DC elementary school twice a week. Retired Americans seeking useful ways to spend their time find that tutoring child

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