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Memory and Alzheimer's

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I'm Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat.

Medicine has its own language. That's great for medical people, who use it to be very precise. But medical language isn't like what the rest of us speak. Where can we go for facts in words we can understand?

The National Institute on Aging had that in mind when it developed new easy-to-understand booklets on memory loss and on Alzheimer's disease.

Mild memory loss is like forgetting where you left the car keys. Severe forms such as Alzheimer's are like wandering away from home. The booklets tell about what memory loss and Alzheimer's are, treatment, and what people can do.

The NIA's Patricia Lynch:

"It will be of interest, I think, to families and to people who just generally would like to know more about memory loss." (five seconds)

You can get the booklets free from the NIA.

Learn more at www.hhs.gov.

HHS HealthBeat is a production of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I'm Ira Dreyfuss.

Last revised: July 27, 2006

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