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Podcast: New Books in Medicine
Episode: Han Yu, "Mind Thief: The Story of Alzheimer's" (Columbia UP, 2021)
Description: Alzheimerās disease, a haunting and harrowing ailment, is one of the worldās most common causes of death. Alzheimerās lingers for years, with patientsā outward appearance unaffected while their cognitive functions fade away. Patients lose the ability to work and live independently, to remember and recognize. There is still no proven way to treat Alzheimerās because its causes remain unknown.Mind Thief: The Story of Alzheimer'sĀ (Columbia UP, 2021) is a comprehensive and engaging history of Alzheimerās that demystifies efforts to understand the disease. Beginning with the discovery of āpresenile dementiaā in the early twentieth century...