Being Patient

Being Patient

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Being Patient episodes

  • Teepa Snow - Living Well With Dementia
    Being Patient spoke with occupational therapist and dementia care educator Teepa Snow about ways to improve quality of life while living with dementia, both for caretakers and those with the disease.
    Find more Being Patient: Perspectives here: https://bit.ly/2u6LGPx
    50 min
  • Kaitlin Casaletto on How a Healthy Lifestyle Can Slow Dementia Progression
    Being Patient spoke with Kailin Casaletto, a neuropsychologist and assistant professor at UCSF Memory and Aging Center, about her study on the effects of regular physical and mental activity on brain health, particularly among those with a predisposition to develop frontotemporal dementia.
    Find more of our Being Patient: Brain Talks series at: https://bit.ly/300AD5S
    15 min
  • What Biogen's Relaunch Of Alzheimer's Drug Aducanumab Means For The Search For A Cure
    Last week, Biogen announced that its Alzheimer's drug aducanumab was effective in combating Alzheimer's disease after all, and that it would be reviving a trial cancelled earlier this year. However, questions still remain about what's next for patients and doctors as the drug moves toward FDA approval.
    Dr. Sharon Cohen, Medical Director and Principal Investigator at the Toronto Memory Program, shares her views on Biogen's revived trial and the potential behind aducanumab.
    27 min
  • Life After A CTE Diagnosis: Steven Barbieri
    Steven Barbieri was active in martial arts for most of his life. But when he started experiencing lapses in memory in his early 50s, he knew something was off. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a type of dementia caused by repeated traumatic brain injuries, often from contact sports. As part of the Being Patient: Perspectives Live Talks series, Steven shares his experience with CTE — from when he first noticed something was wrong, to diagnosis and self-care.
    32 min
  • Caregiving From The Eyes Of A Physician
    Dr. Arthur Kleinman, a Harvard professor and psychiatrist, spent most of his life working as a physician. But his view on the profession changed when his wife was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at age 59, and he found himself transforming from a physician to a caregiver. As part of the Being Patient: Brain Talks series, we spoke to Dr. Kleinman about his experience of caregiving through the eyes of a physician, which he describes in his new book, "The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor."
    42 min

About Being Patient

From the publisher's feed

Being Patient's founder Deborah Kan resigned from her job as Executive Producer at the Wall Street Journal to redesign reporting on health, after her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. In the Being Patient Podcast, we examine the latest research on the prevention, treatment and care of the disease from the patient’s point of view. We give patients and carers the tools to map the landscape of the disease and go straight to the expert community to get the answers they want to know. We aim to elevate the patient’s voice in important conversations and help researchers understand their patient communities.