VIDEO: Derailing Dementia

Dementia is the progressive loss and impairment of activities such as memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other intellectual capacities. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. More than 26 million people worldwide were estimated to be living with AD in 2006; by 2050, the disease will afflict more than 106 million people. Age is the single most greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s, and the likelihood of developing AD doubles every five years after age 65. A disease of epidemic proportion, it is now critical to elucidate mechanisms that affect the rate of onset and progression of dementia and AD. View this video, which we share to promote awareness during National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month.