TEDTalk Tuesday: Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and the coming "age bomb"

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Today's TEDTALKTUESDAY consists of a very short but convincing talk regard diseases related to aging, such as Alzheimer's disease. In his talk, our speaker focuses on why these diseases will be an ever-increasing problem in the coming decades, and gives a few tips on how we each might protect ourselves from them.

Enjoy!

GREGORYPETSKO

Talk Title: The coming neurological epidemic (video runtime: 3:48)

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Gregory Petsko

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About this talk

Biochemist Gregory Petsko makes a convincing argument that, in the next 50 years, we'll see an epidemic of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's, as the world population ages. His solution: more research into the brain and its functions.

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1. Those graphs are staggering.

A lot of info in a very short package. Thanks.

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2. To that add blindness. MD is rampant in my mom's circle.

Macular degeneration takes formerly independent, healthy individuals and turns them into helpless, dependent cases. In the retirement home where my mom lives, 75% of the people are there because of blindness -- and little else. They can't drive, can't read, can't watch TV. They need constant supervision, even though their minds are sharp. And it seems to be a growing epidemic as the population ages.

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