Memory & Aging Research and YouTube

I'm enamored with the web, but have to admit that a lot of the interesting projects and tools end up being deployed primarily to promote crappy summer films or metallic tasting new energy beverages. It's interesting to see a center of scientific research find a way to use social media to inform the public about their work. UCSF's Memory and Aging Center has set up a YouTube channel and created widgets to promote their efforts to educate health care professionals and the public about neurodegenerative illnesses like dementia. Someday I will find the strength to write about why research into dementia and Alzheimer's is so important to me.

Comments

[Deb Roby]

Thank you for this link.

For me, my mother and maternal grandmother both died of AD. Every other member of my family has died of heart disease, and the research linking both is fascinating to me. Yet I am much more afraid of my own falling victim to AD like these two ancestors than I do to falling victim to heart disease like everyone else.

[Amber]

I stumbled on to your blog. Thank you for posting this. I am a social worker on an Alzheimer's unit at a nursing home. Research and awareness are so important. Again, thank you.

[James]

Thank you so much for posting such an informative blog post. Cheers!

[Amy]

It's been a long time since I checked in on your blog- which was, I think, one of the first knitting blogs I encountered. Let me tell you, it's started a dangerous trend for me.

All that said, I think I understand very well how important Alzheimer's research may be to you. I also understand why it is a hard thing to talk about. Someday, when you are ready, I would very much like to listen to what you have to say. That can be difficult enough.