Jeffrey Brown: How do you recognize the symptoms of someone with Alzheimer’s, someone around you? And what do you do? Watch more with Genova on tonight’s PBS NewsHour. Here is an excerpt from their conversation. Genova, who is also a neuroscientist, joined Jeffrey Brown to discuss the disease’s symptoms and how different people react to them.
The book has raised awareness about the disease and its film adaptation is getting its own spotlight during this year’s Oscar season.īut Alzheimer’s disease, which affects 5 million Americans and their families, still has no known cure. In Lisa Genova’s bestselling novel “Still Alice,” a linguist with early-onset Alzheimer’s navigates her symptoms with her husband and three adult children. in neuroscience, writes about families coping with neurological diseases or disorders, which she says are often “ignored, feared or misunderstood.” Watch her interview with Jeffrey Brown on tonight’s PBS NewsHour. “Still Alice” author Lisa Genova, who has her PhD.
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