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Alzheimer’s: A Public Health Crisis

Second Opinion with Joan Lunden is a national health initiative that reaches an engaged audience through television, web, social media, and community and national outreach. The series has been helping people become healthy, stay healthy, and navigate the healthcare system since its inception in 2004. Second Opinion with Joan Lunden uses the power and the mission of noncommercial public media to ed

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Alzheimer’s: A Public Health Crisis

Season 17 Episode 1703 | 26m 46s | CC

Alzheimer’s disease is an under-recognized public health crisis. Not only does Alzheimer’s come with a tremendous cost to our healthcare system, it takes an emotional toll on families as they care for their loved ones, while watching them slip away. Leeza Gibbons shares her experience as a daughter and a caregiver to her mom who was diagnosed with this devastating illness.

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