Guest(s)
Dr. Scott Mendelson
Topic
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
Topic Info
November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month and November 17th is National Memory Screening Day.
Alzheimer's and Dementia affects about 35 million people in the world today and that number is expected to double by 2020! Dr. Scott Mendelson, author of "Beyond Alzheimer's" joins the show to discuss in-depth analysis of Alzheimer's and Dementia related issues, including cause, and prevention and treatment.
Alzheimer's and Dementia affects about 35 million people in the world today and that number is expected to double by 2020! Dr. Scott Mendelson, author of "Beyond Alzheimer's" joins the show to discuss in-depth analysis of Alzheimer's and Dementia related issues, including cause, and prevention and treatment.
Guest Info
Scott Mendelson, the author of "Beyond Alzheimer's", is currently a Consult Liaison Psychiatrist at the Roseburg VA Medical Center in Roseburg, Oregon. He graduated with honors from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1996, and then completed a four-year residency in psychiatry at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville. His first book, Metabolic Syndrome and Psychiatric Illness, has been called "magnificent" by his peers, and the Journal of the American Medical Association called his work on the link between diabetes, obesity and psychiatric illness "brilliant and scholarly." Dr. Mendelson lives in Roseburg, Oregon.
Website
Host
Dr. Derrick DeSilva
Show Date
11 / 2 / 2009
