Brain Talk | Being Patient for Alzheimer's Patients and Caregivers

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Brain Talk | Being Patient for Alzheimer's Patients and Caregivers episodes

February 21, 2024 Discover The Link Between Seizures And Cognitive Decline
Dr. Ifrah Zawar joins Being Patient Live Talks to discuss seizures, cognitive decline, and dementia. As she discussed in our article on seizures, epilepsy can accelerate cognitive decline, and the condition can also be mistaken for cognitive decline.
Watch the live talk to learn more about the connection between seizures, cognitive decline, and dementia.
1 min
February 21, 2024 Lou Niles: An Inside Account of the Donanemab Drug Trial | Patient Perspective
Lou Niles joins Being Patient Live Talks to discuss his experience taking part in the donanemab clinical trial. The monoclonal antibody drug was revealed to have promising results in late 2023 and is currently awaiting FDA approval.
Now retired, Niles previously served as an army officer, a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam, and as a firefighter and paramedic in San Diego. Because his mother died from Alzheimer’s, he was aware that he could be susceptible to cognitive decline, which led him to do a 23&Me DNA test a decade ago. The test revealed that he had one mutation associated with a higher risk for Alzheimer’s. That’s why, when he saw that there was an Alzheimer’s study in Orlando, FL, where he currently lives, Niles decided to participate. Over the course of the trial, he discovered that he indeed has cognitive decline and amyloid in his brain.
In the talk, Niles will speak about his experience with cognitive decline and participating in the donanemab trial.
Watch now to learn more about the clinical trial experience with MAB drugs.
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22 min
February 21, 2024 Dr. Ifrah Zawar: Seizures, Cognitive Decline, and Dementia | Brain Talks
Dr. Ifrah Zawar joins Being Patient Live Talks to discuss seizures, cognitive decline, and dementia. As she discussed in our article on seizures, epilepsy can accelerate cognitive decline, and the condition can also be mistaken for cognitive decline.
Zawar is an adult neurologist, epileptologist, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia. Her clinical and research work focuses on seizures and epilepsy in older adults and epilepsy in people with dementia. She serves on editorial boards of prestigious epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease journals and has won multiple awards and recognition for her research endeavor.
Watch the live talk to learn more about the connection between seizures, cognitive decline, and dementia.
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35 min
February 21, 2024 Dasha Kiper: Shedding Light on the Challenges of Dementia Caregiving Through Storytelling
Clinical psychologist, educator, and author Dasha Kiper joins Being Patient Live Talks to discuss her book "Travelers to Unimaginable Lands." Using her experience as a caregiver and counselor and research on neurological and cognitive research, Kiper shares stories of caregivers and people living with dementia in the book. In particular, using stories and neurological research together, she can shed light on the pressures on caregivers.
Kiper previously was the Clinical Director for Support Groups at a New York Alzheimer’s Organization. She’s led groups for people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s and caregivers of those with dementia disorders. Kiper has also trained and supervised mental health professionals who work with dementia caregivers.
Learn more about this book on dementia, caregiving, and the brain by watching the talk.
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25 min
January 30, 2024 Bill Sasse: An Insider’s Account of the Alzheimer’s Solanezumab Drug Trial | Patient Perspectives
The process of finding new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease is one of trial and error — and every “failed” trial generates invaluable new data to help researchers and drug developers understand what works, what doesn’t, and why. On Wednesday, January 24th, at 10:00 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m. ET, drug trial participant Bill Sasse, who was a participant in Eli Lilly’s clinical trial of experimental monoclonal antibody drug solanezumab, joins Being Patient Live Talks to discuss his experience with the drug trial. In March of 2023, solanezumab ultimately failed to hit its benchmarks in slowing cognitive decline and the trial was discontinued.
Sasse, whose father died of Alzheimer’s, had the unique experience of participating in a clinical trial for a MAB drug without having any symptoms of cognitive decline. An army veteran, retired business owner, grandparent, and a native of Columbus, Indiana, he joined the trial after being inspired by a documentary about Glen Campbell promoting the trial, asking himself, “Why not, me?”
With his wife as his trial partner, he participated in the solanezumab trial for eight years before it was announced that the clinical trial had failed. He has participated in panels with Eli Lilly on his experience with the trial.
Watch the full video to learn more about the clinical trial experience with MAB drugs.
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Being Patient is an editorially independent journalism outlet for news and reporting about brain health, cognitive science, and neurodegenerative diseases. In our Live Talk series on Facebook, former Wall Street Journal Editor and founder of Being Patient, Deborah Kan, interviews brain health experts and people living with dementia.
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#alzheimersresearch #solanezumab #clinicaltrials #alzheimers #dementia
24 min
January 30, 2024 Dr. Nir Grossman on Non-Invasive Deep Brain Stimulation and Memory | Brain Talk
Award-winning dementia researcher and educator Dr. Nir Grossman joins Being Patient Live Talks to talk about the potential of cutting-edge medical technology like deep brain stimulation as an emerging approach to treating neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.
Grossman is an associate professor at the Department of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London and a founding fellow of the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK-DRI). He received a prestigious prize from the Science Journal and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for developing a new, non-invasive method of deep brain stimulation, called temporal interference, which is now in early clinical trials. Previously, this procedure required invasive brain surgery. His research has been published in scientific journals like Cell, Science, and Nature Neuroscience.
Read the article here: https://www.beingpatient.com/nir-grossman-deep-brain-stimulation-dementia/
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Being Patient is an editorially independent journalism outlet for news and reporting about brain health, cognitive science, and neurodegenerative diseases. In our Live Talk series on Facebook, former Wall Street Journal Editor and founder of Being Patient, Deborah Kan, interviews brain health experts and people living with dementia.
Check out our latest Live Talks: https://www.beingpatient.com/category/video/
#DeepBrainStimulation #Neuromodulation #AlzheimersResearch #Dementia #Alzheimers
37 min
January 22, 2024 Brain Food: The 5 BIGGEST breakthroughs of 2023 in Alzheimer’s and dementia
🔥The 5 BIGGEST breakthroughs of 2023 in Alzheimer’s and dementia. 🚀
From the FDA's full approval of Leqembi, a game-changing Alzheimer's drug, to the revolutionary potential of PET scans in diagnosing Alzheimer's, get ready for groundbreaking news in #Alzheimer's and #dementia research💡 But that's not all—get ready to learn about direct-to-consumer blood tests, cutting-edge AI technology, and the latest insights on genetic testing. 🩺🔬
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Being Patient is an editorially independent journalism outlet for news and reporting about brain health, cognitive science, and neurodegenerative diseases. In our Live Talk series on Facebook, former Wall Street Journal Editor and founder of Being Patient, Deborah Kan, interviews brain health experts and people living with dementia.
Check out our latest Live Talks: https://www.beingpatient.com/category/video/
#AlzheimersBreakthroughs #DementiaResearch #Leqembi #PETScans #BloodTests #AItechnology #GeneticTesting #BeingPatient
4 min
January 22, 2024 Dr. Nir Grossman on Non-Invasive Deep Brain Stimulation and Memory | Brain Talk
Award-winning dementia researcher and educator Dr. Nir Grossman joins Being Patient Live Talks to talk about the potential of cutting-edge medical technology like deep brain stimulation as an emerging approach to treating neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.
Grossman is an associate professor at the Department of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London and a founding fellow of the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK-DRI). He received a prestigious prize from the Science Journal and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for developing a new, non-invasive method of deep brain stimulation, called temporal interference, which is now in early clinical trials. Previously, this procedure required invasive brain surgery. His research has been published in scientific journals like Cell, Science, and Nature Neuroscience.
Read the article here: https://www.beingpatient.com/nir-grossman-deep-brain-stimulation-dementia/
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Being Patient is an editorially independent journalism outlet for news and reporting about brain health, cognitive science, and neurodegenerative diseases. In our Live Talk series on Facebook, former Wall Street Journal Editor and founder of Being Patient, Deborah Kan, interviews brain health experts and people living with dementia.
Check out our latest Live Talks: https://www.beingpatient.com/category/video/
#DeepBrainStimulation #Neuromodulation #AlzheimersResearch #Dementia #Alzheimers
37 min
December 18, 2023 Dr. Marwan Sabbagh: What Genetics Can Teach us About Alzheimer’s | Brain Talk
The key to understanding Alzheimer’s disease could be in our genes. While the cause of Alzheimer’s is still unknown, mounting research shows that carrying multiple copies of certain genes — like genetic variant ApoE4 — can significantly increase the likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s. By studying genetics and gene therapy, scientists are learning more about how genes play a role in Alzheimer’s disease and what can be done for prevention.
Barrow Neurological Institute’s neurologist, author, and Alzheimer’s expert Dr. Marwan Sabbagh joins Being Patient to discuss how scientists are seeking to prevent Alzheimer’s through genetic research. Sabbagh, a board-certified behavioral neurologist at Barrow’s Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Program and a professor at the institute’s department of neurology, has served as the lead investigator on several prominent national Alzheimer’s prevention and treatment clinical trials.
In this talk, he’ll speak about how genetic research, like that on the ApoE4 gene, can help us learn more about Alzheimer’s and how it can be prevented.
This Live Talk is sponsored by Alzheon.
35 min
December 11, 2023 What You Need to Know About Benzodiazepines and Dementia | Brain Talk
Xanax and other benzodiazepines (“benzos”) are often prescribed to treat symptoms like agitation, anxiety, and depression in people living with dementia. Yet, these drugs come with significant side effects and safety concerns, especially for older adults living with dementia.
The Women’s Age Lab’s Dr. Paula Rochon and Dr. Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher join Being Patient Live Talks to discuss why these medications are prescribed and what treatment alternatives they recommend.
Rochon is the founding director of Women’s Age Lab, a geriatrician, and a senior scientist at Women’s College Hospital and ICES. She chairs the Canadian Institutes for Health Research Institute of Aging Advisory Board to support research and promote healthy aging across Canada. Rochon is committed to the development of trainees and new investigators in aging research and making valuable contributions to our future understanding of aging. Her team has won prestigious research awards, and published in peer-reviewed academic journals, disseminating key learnings and important findings from their research projects.
Reppas-Rindlisbacher is a trainee with the Women’s Age Lab at the Women’s College Research Institute. She currently works as a geriatrician whilst completing her PhD in Clinical Epidemiology & Health Care Research at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) at the University of Toronto. Her research aims to better understand how delirium care differs depending on sociodemographic factors such as gender, income, language, and recent immigrant status.
Watch this live talk to learn more about benzodiazepines, why they are prescribed, and alternative treatments for people living with dementia.
Read the Article: https://www.beingpatient.com/benzodiazepines-and-dementia/
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40 min