Alzheimer's Disease: Risk Factors, Testing, Treatments | Mass General Brigham

What is Alzheimer’s disease? Find out who is at most risk, the symptoms, testing, and treatment of this neurodegenerative disease in this video. Teresa Gomez-Isla, M.D., Director for the Massachusetts General Hospital Memory Division, explains that while we can’t cure Alzheimer’s, there are promising drugs being tested in clinical trials that may slow memory loss.

0:00 - Intro
0:22 - What is Alzheimer's disease?
1:10 - What are the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease?
2:19 - How is Alzheimer's disease diagnosed?
3:01 - How is Alzheimer's disease treated?
3:18 - Alzheimer's disease patient caregivers

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Alzheimer's Disease: Risk Factors, Testing, Treatments | Mass General Brigham