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#490 Avoiding Alzheimer’s Disease

It is estimated that four million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s. Once we reach 85 years of age one fifth us will have dementia. How can you prevent this disastrous outcome? Can ridding the brain of zinc or copper ease symptoms or slow decline? Are there nutrients that will help? Guests: Ashley Bush, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Director of the Laboratory for Oxidation Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Donald Schmechel, MD, Director and Principal Investigator of the Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Duke University Medical Center.

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Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist who has dedicated his career to making drug information understandable to consumers. His best-selling book, The People’s Pharmacy, was published in 1976 and led to a syndicated newspaper column, syndicated public radio show and web site. In 2006, Long Island University awarded him an honorary doctorate as “one of the country's leading drug experts for the consumer.”.
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