Sep 12 Watch 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… Continue watching
Sep 12 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:… Continue reading
Sep 12 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. Continue reading
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 A Window Into the Daily Struggles of Long-Term Care A Window Into the Daily Struggles 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
Jul 16 Watch 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. Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch 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. 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
Jan 10 Watch 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… Continue watching