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Sep 12

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Poetry Project Helps Dementia Patients Live in the Moment

In our new series, "Where Poetry Lives," Natasha Trethewey, poet laureate of the United States, and Jeffrey Brown spends time at the Alzheimer's Poetry Project in Brooklyn. The international program works with people with dementia to try to trigger memory by…

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Sep 12

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Where Poetry Lives: Sharing Moments and Verse When Memory Fades

By Molly Finnegan

PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown, right, and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, center right, launch the series “Where Poetry Lives.” Their first stop: Brooklyn. Photo by Anne Davenport/NewsHour “A short walk in the park, a sax, a lot of poetry:…

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Sep 12

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Poet’s Notebook: Beginning the Journey by Remembering the Past

By Natasha Trethewey

U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey kicks off the "Where Poetry Lives" tour with NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown in New York. Photos by Anne Davenport Editor's Note: PBS NewsHour kicks off a special poetry series with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey.

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Jul 17

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Researchers See Decline in Dementia, Offering Optimism for Power of Lifestyle

Researchers See Decline in Dementia, Offering Optimism for Power of Lifestyle…

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May 30

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A Window Into the Daily Struggles of Long-Term Care

A Window Into the Daily Struggles of Long-Term Care…

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Apr 04

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Estimating the Soaring Price Tag and Other Costs of Dementia Care

Estimating the Soaring Price Tag and Other Costs of Dementia Care…

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Jul 16

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New Early Alzheimer’s Test Raises Hopes for Improved Treatment

Margaret Warner reports on how a new test designed to detect signs of Alzheimer's disease can change the scope of treatments sooner for patients.

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Nov 27

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Hard Knocks: Does Playing in NFL Cause Brain Trauma?

A House committee heard testimony from medical experts in October, as well as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to determine whether professional football contributes to brain diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer's. Ray Suarez reports.

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Nov 12

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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.

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Jan 10

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Sufferers of Early Onset Alzheimer’s Describe Life with the Disease

Susan Dentzer reports on early onset Alzheimer's -- a degenerative brain disease that affects an estimated 250,000 to half a million Americans -- and how a forum organized by those suffering from the diagnosis has proven an effective means of…

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