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For years, Alzheimer’s patients and their loved ones have hoped for new medical treatments for an incurable disease.

This hour, we talk about the FDA’s approval of a new drug aducanumab to treat Alzheimer’s Disease, and we learn why some in the scientific and medical community have concerns.

We want to hear from you. Does Alzheimer’s disease affect your family?

GUESTS:
Nicole Leonard - Health Reporter for Connecticut Public Radio
Dr. Yazeed Maghaydah -  Co-Director of the James E.C. Walker M.D. Memory Assessment Program at the UConn Center on Aging, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at UConn Health
Dr. Joseph Ross - Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Yale School of Medicine
Christy Kovel - Director of Public Policy for the Alzheimer’s Association Connecticut Chapter

For years, Alzheimer&rsquo;s patients and their loved ones have hoped for new medical treatments for an incurable disease. This hour, we talk about the FDA&rsquo;s approval of a new drug aducanumab to treat Alzheimer&rsquo;s Disease, and we learn why&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06/17/alzheimers-drug-controversy/">some in the scientific and medical community have concerns</a>.
We want to hear from you. Does Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease affect your family? GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Nicole Leonard -&nbsp;Health Reporter for Connecticut Public Radio</li>
<li>Dr. Yazeed Maghaydah -&nbsp; Co-Director of the&nbsp;<a href="https://health.uconn.edu/aging/memory-assessment-program/">James E.C. Walker M.D. Memory Assessment Program</a>&nbsp;at the&nbsp;<a href="https://health.uconn.edu/aging/">UConn Center on Aging</a>, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at UConn Health</li>
<li>Dr. Joseph Ross -&nbsp;Professor of Medicine and Public Health at&nbsp;<a href="https://medicine.yale.edu/">Yale School of Medicine</a></li>
<li>Christy Kovel -&nbsp;Director of Public Policy for the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.alz.org/ct">Alzheimer&rsquo;s Association Connecticut Chapter</a></li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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