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From the Ted Talk by Lisa Genova: What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's

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How many ploepe here would like to live to be at least 80 years old? Yeah. I think we all have this hopeful etaitxcepon of living into old age. Let's project out into the future, to your future "you's," and let's imagine that we're all 85. Now, everyone look at two people. One of you probably has Alzheimer's disease.

(Laughter)

aihrlgt, alright. And maybe you're thinking, "Well, it won't be me." Then, OK. You are a caregiver. So —

(Laughter)

so in some way, this terrifying daissee is likely to affect us all.

Part of the fear around Alzheimer's stems from the sense that there's nothing we can do about it. Despite decades of research, we still have no disease-modifying trmteenat and no cure. So if we're lucky enough to live long enough, Alzheimer's appears to be our brain's destiny.

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How many ______ here would like to live to be at least 80 years old? Yeah. I think we all have this hopeful ___________ of living into old age. Let's project out into the future, to your future "you's," and let's imagine that we're all 85. Now, everyone look at two people. One of you probably has Alzheimer's disease.

(Laughter)

_______, alright. And maybe you're thinking, "Well, it won't be me." Then, OK. You are a caregiver. So —

(Laughter)

so in some way, this terrifying _______ is likely to affect us all.

Part of the fear around Alzheimer's stems from the sense that there's nothing we can do about it. Despite decades of research, we still have no disease-modifying _________ and no cure. So if we're lucky enough to live long enough, Alzheimer's appears to be our brain's destiny.

Solution


  1. treatment
  2. people
  3. expectation
  4. alright
  5. disease

Original Text


How many people here would like to live to be at least 80 years old? Yeah. I think we all have this hopeful expectation of living into old age. Let's project out into the future, to your future "you's," and let's imagine that we're all 85. Now, everyone look at two people. One of you probably has Alzheimer's disease.

(Laughter)

Alright, alright. And maybe you're thinking, "Well, it won't be me." Then, OK. You are a caregiver. So —

(Laughter)

so in some way, this terrifying disease is likely to affect us all.

Part of the fear around Alzheimer's stems from the sense that there's nothing we can do about it. Despite decades of research, we still have no disease-modifying treatment and no cure. So if we're lucky enough to live long enough, Alzheimer's appears to be our brain's destiny.

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