While there's no cure for the illness, Stanford neurologist Sharon Sha, MD, told me in a 1:2:1 podcast interview that there are things we can do to minimize our risk of Alzheimer's and cognitive disorders like it. Remember those lyrics from that Barbra Streisand song The Way We Were?įor some people there are no misty water-colored memories - or even memories at all. According to the Alzheimer's Association, more than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, which progressively destroys memory and other mental functions. Misty water-colored memories of the way we were'
