It's Okay To Be Smart • An Alzheimer’s Researcher Ends Up on the Drug She...

An Alzheimer’s Researcher Ends Up on the Drug She Helped Invent Dr. Rae Lyn Burke was working on a vaccine to help reverse Alzheimer’s dementia symptoms, when she began to succumb to the very disease she was researching. Through her ongoing work in the lab, and now as a patient advocate, she’s calling for more research and especially more understanding of what Alzheimer’s really means: “It would be good to overcome this stigma, particularly for younger-onset individuals. We educate the public about handling physical disabilities but not so well for people with mental disabilities. We can walk fast, but we think slow. People should know more about the nature of the mental disability. Also, we need to educate the public that this is not just a disease of the elderly. Younger people too can be cut off in their prime.” More at The Atlantic, a great read. (via The Atlantic)