Name: What is Alzheimer's disease?
Uploaded: 2022-09-23T15:10:58Z
Duration: 3 min 34 s
Description: Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, affecting over 40 million people worldwide. And though it was discovered over a century ago, scientists are still grappling for a cure. Ivan Seah Yu Jun describes how Alzheimer's affects the brain, shedding light on the different stages of this complicated, destructive disease. [Directed by STK Films, narrated by Addison Anderson].

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, affecting over 40 million people worldwide. And though it was discovered over a century ago, scientists are still grappling for a cure. Ivan Seah Yu Jun describes how Alzheimer's affects the brain, shedding light on the different stages of this complicated, destructive disease. [Directed by STK Films, narrated by Addison Anderson].

Ivan Seah Yu Jun: What is Alzheimer's disease?

What is Alzheimer's disease?

Efforts to slow Alzheimer's focus on medication for symptom relief and a potential vaccine targeting beta-amyloid plaques.

Every 4 seconds, someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a disease marked by brain plaques and tangles leading to dementia.

Alzheimer's starts in the hippocampus, erasing short-term memory first, then progressively invades the brain, ultimately leading to death.