Lindsey's Ted Talk

   4/28/16
       Hello all, and welcome back to the blog!We are going to focus in on something different today. Instead of talking about how multiple get Alzheimer's, and how common this disease is. We are going to talk about how Alzheimer's is not a normal aging process and go through ways we can prevent it. Samuel Cohen did an amazing job talking about this topic and gave some awesome examples in his speech called "Alzheimer's is not normal aging-and we can cure it". He stated that Alzheimer's is a disease, but we can cure it. ( See video below)

      Cohen starts off his speech with a jaw dropping moment that makes us realize that something needs to be done.  144 years ago was when the first patient was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, her name was Auguste  Deter. The doctor that was diagnosing her was Doctor Alois. The most shocking part was when Cohen said that Alois did as much as a doctor would do today to help someone with Alzheimer's, and that was basically nothing. From 1901 we have made no progress in finding a cure for this disease. This is ironic because this is the most common illness.
       Chohen adds in statistics that will blow your mind. He states that 40 million people are affected by Alzheimer's today, but in 2050 there will be 15 million people affected. that is a huge lead and a massive chunk of our population being affected by one disease they have not found a cure for. that will give people a 1 in 2 chance of getting Alzheimer's. making this disease the most expensive one yet. We are already spending 200 billion dollars a year on medications and doctors visits. This prie will increase even more from year to year.
      In 2050 Alzheimer's could pass for just an ordinary disease that everyone gets when you grow up. This should be the case. this is a disease and it should be curable. Alzheimer's is part of the top 10 causes of death world wide, and it is the only non curable disease on the list. It is also the only non preventable disease on the list as well. The reason why we are not finding cures is because we are not putting enough research into it. They spend 10 times more time researching cancer then Alzheimer's and they both have almost the same amount of death rates.
       When Cohen states "Alzheimer's is a disease and we can cure it" he means it. we see Alzheimer's as just a part of getting old rather then a disease. You cannot see how much it truly effects someone unless you put a normal brain next to an affected one. This disease is always fatal, and we need to stop it. A lot of people are unaware of this disease. but we nee to start being aware because even Alzheimer's may be in your future.
       Cohen slowly leads into what Alzheimer's does and what it s caused from. That being, protein molecules. Soon these protein molecules become sticky and clump together. Forming a huge ball of protein molecules hat ends up getting tangles and shrinking the brain. That doesn't really sound that complex if you truly think about it. It makes me wonder why we haven't found a cure. The real reason was because we are unaware of this disease, and are treating it like its a normal thing to happen when you grow old and it not. it is a fatal disease that needs to be taken care of and Samuel Cohen does an amazing job informing us about Alzheimer's disease, how its formed, and how it could be curable. He is also very credible being a scientist that studies Alzheimer's and tries to find the cure. I thought this ted talk was truly inspirational. not only by the way he expressed his thoughts,and emphasized research with slight pauses, but added in a lot of statistics so we know exactly how much he is talk about, and could create a mental picture,

Well that is all for today
-xoxo Lindsey