July 7th, 2008
The Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center (HBTRC), founded in 1978, is one of the oldest and largest such facilities in the world.
Check out what it is and what is does with this fascinating two part video tour…
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July 6th, 2008
Flora TV has interesting talk by Emma Shulman, a 95-year-old lecturer and Senior Family Counselor at NYU’s Silberstein Institute.
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June 26th, 2008
Second Wind Dreams, a national non-profit organization with a mission to change the perception of aging, one dream at a time, has a Virtual Dementia tour kit. It’s a training tool that provides people with the opportunity to experience how it might feel to have dementia.
Sounds like something everyone who works with dementia […]
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June 25th, 2008
The scientists at The University of California, San Francisco have teamed up with YouTube in order to create UCSF Aging & Memory Center, a place to medical research.
According to the Press Release…
“The channel is intended to increase awareness among patients, their families — and physicians — about the various forms of dementia, with the […]
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June 17th, 2008
Interesting video about the rational and training of the Okada Alzheimer’s Assistance Dogs…
Okada has been training dogs since 1986 to help the disabled to participate as active members of society.
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June 10th, 2008
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June 9th, 2008
Why do memories disappear? This question and more is answered in this podcast interview with Sue Halpern, author of Can’t Remember What I forgot.
Sue also offers tips on How to Improve Your Memory in this video.
Plus an interview with Authors@Google…
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June 6th, 2008
Please watch, at least until you get to where you find out what IT is.
IT might look like a political video but it’s not really.
IT is something that we all need to be aware of.
IT can strick any of us, at any time.
IT is growing.
Can we stop IT ?
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June 2nd, 2008
Part of the ‘Coming of Age Lecture Series’ from UCTelevision…
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May 17th, 2008
Video by KQED Quest about the question ‘Is the Cure in the Genes?’ focusing on researchers at San Francisco’s Gladstone Institutes who have found that a gene may hold the key to a cure.
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