Caring for Alzheimer's

Marc. L. Gordon, MD, Chief, Neurology, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Litwin Zucker Research Center at Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, discusses Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, which affects about 30 million people worldwide. By the year 2050, that number is expected to increase to about 115 million. Topics include: defining dementia, early signs and symptoms, types of dementia, describing plaques and tangles, current medications, new drugs in the pipeline, new guidelines, and biomarker research.