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Alanna Shaikh: Cómo me estoy preparando para tener Alzheimer

Filmed Jun 2012 • Posted Jul 2012TEDGlobal 2012
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Cuando nos enfrentamos a un padre que sufre de Alzheimer, la mayoría respondemos con la negación ("A mí no me pasará") o tomamos medidas preventivas extremas. Sin embargo, la experta en salud mundial y también TED Fellow, Alanna Shaikh, lo ve de una manera distinta. Está siguiendo tres pasos concretos para, en caso de que llegue, estar preparada para el Alzheimer.

Global development expert Alanna Shaikh takes on the toughest of health issues—from the ones affecting the globe at large to the ones hurting her own family. Full bio »

Translated into Spanish by David Garcia Palencia
Reviewed by Mariela Rodio
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