Laura Newman
I am a medical journalist and blogger. My stories have appeared in peer-reviewed journals and on the web. In Patient POV, I strive to bring the same rigor to telling stories about patients that I have shown in my previous work, which has featured research scientists and physicians.
Laura can be found on Twitter as @lauranewmanny.
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Tag Archives: dementia
Acclaimed Books, Films, and Projects About
Alzheimer’s Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss
Tweet Books, films, and innovative projects on Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and memory loss are growing. I have assembled a short list of them.There are many foreign films, particularly from South Korea and Japan that are excellent. I hope that US … Continue reading
Writing About Alzheimer’s and Dementia Gets Complicated
Tweet Now that I have spent three days listening to expert neurologists, demographers, caregivers, and policy people talk about Alzheimer’s, I come away from the meeting with a sense that the story is complicated, and that I hope it is … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's disease
Tagged clinical trials, dementia, long term care, Medicare, patient protection, screening
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