EP 31 Researching a Cure :: Dr. Melanie Chadwick

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This episode’s guest is Dr. Melanie Chadwick, a gerontological nurse practitioner, from the Georgetown University Memory Disorders Program. Dr Chadwick talks with Bobbi & Mike about the innovative research and clinical studies that she’s working on at GU.

“The benefits of the clinical trial,”  Dr Chadwick says, “really do outweigh the risks of participation, so you have a chance to play a more active role in your own healthcare and can gain access to potential treatments that wouldn't be widely available to the community.”

Right now, in the U.S. there are about 5.5 million people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and roughly 5% of that population are under the age of 65.

You can apply here to participate in a study with the GU Memory Disorders Program.

You can find out more about the Memory Disorder Program on Facebook and their website.

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