Oct 07 Watch How many Nobel Prize winners does it take to improve a light bulb? By PBS News Hour The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists who created the revolutionary LED light, which is 20 times more efficient than a standard incandescent bulb. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Jeffrey Brown to talk about the winners and… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch Is Alzheimer’s even more deadly than we thought? By PBS News Hour A new study in the journal Neurology finds Alzheimer’s may account for many more deaths than we previously realized. While the CDC ranks the disease as the sixth-leading killer in the U.S., the new study puts the annual death toll… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch Ten big drug companies unite to study major diseases By PBS News Hour Ten big pharmaceutical companies are uniting with the National Institutes of Health in a five-year cooperative program to study major diseases. Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch Food writer Paula Wolfert reflects on cooking to cope with Alzheimer’s Food writer Paula Wolfert reflects on cooking to cope with Alzheimer's… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch Researchers See Decline in Dementia, Offering Optimism for Power of Lifestyle Researchers See Decline in Dementia, Offering Optimism for Power of Lifestyle… Continue watching
May 30 Watch Coping With Alzheimer’s: A Mother and Daughter Portrait Of Long-Term Care Coping With Alzheimer's: A Mother and Daughter Portrait Of Long-Term Care… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Estimating the Soaring Price Tag and Other Costs of Dementia Care Estimating the Soaring Price Tag and Other Costs of Dementia Care… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch 8:48 Researchers Explore New Technologies, Treatments for Dementia Patients About 5 million Americans suffer from dementia -- about half of those from suspected Alzheimer's disease -- according to official estimates. Now, researchers are looking for new treatments in a field that hasn't seen a major advance since the 1960s. Continue watching