games, blogs and more. her articles on memory and on addiction have been featured in a boston globe, the atlantic in scientific american. this book in particular was supported by a grant from the alfred sloan foundation program in public understanding of science and technology. tonight lorne is joined by fellow science journalist deborah balaam the author of the poison squad, , the poitras handbook, ghostwriters, sex on the brain, and a recipient of the pulitzer deborah nesters as a director of the knight science journalism program at mit. tonight they will be discussing the memory thief hailed byne science magazine as extensively researched cinematic and accessible. joining us tonight deborah praises the books think the memory thief would be moving at roller coaster speed as f a first-rate suspense novel while offering a deeply compassionate and to take a look understanding of what makes and what breaks human memory. we are so pleased to have them both your with us f
he will also deliver remarks. live coverage on c-span gets under way at 5 p.m. eastern, followed by your phone calls. the c-span city store visits literary and historic sites across the nation, to hear from local historians, authors and civic leaders, every other weekend on c-span2 s book tv and american history tv on c-span3. and this month, with congress on its summer recircumstance the cities tour is on c-span each day at 6 p.m. eastern. today, we are in key west, florida, and aboard a u.s. ship that sunk german u-boats in world war ii. that s at 6 p.m., eastern time. up next, medical researchers testify on capitol hill about developing a cure for alzheimer s disease. the effectiveness of current treatment and the need for more funding to study it. former model, actress and restauranteur, bee smith, who has been diagnosed with early onset alzheimer s also appeared before the senate aging committee. [ gavel bangs ] this hearing will come to order. good afternoon. it i
early on set alzheimer s and also appeared before the senate aging committee. the hearing will come to order. good afternoon. it is my pleasure to convene this afternoon s hearing to assess our nation s process in combatting alzheimer s disease since the enactment of the national alzheimer s project app which i co authored with then senator in 2011. i don t need to tell the people in this room what a devastating disease alzheimer s is it exacts a tremendous personal and economic toll on the individual and family and authority. in addition to the human suffering it causes. alzheimer s cost the united states $226 billion a year including $153 billion in costs to medicare and medicaid. these will skyrocket as the baby boom generation ages. already our nation s most costly disease alzheimer s is projected to cost more than $1.1 trillion in 2050 if nothing is done to change it s current trajectory. it s also one of the leading causes of death. it s the 6th leading cause of death
insists to push for their rights or basic amenities like water hook-ups. if the city ignores or takes too long to respond to their requests, arputham takes the task on himself. ifill: and: sometimes i can see the words hanging in front of me and i don t know who i am and i don t know what im going to lose next. ifill: the neuroscientist and author of still alice on warning signs of early onset alzheimers and coping with memory loss. everyone who is touched by this disease goes through the stages of grief. some people stay in denial and retreat. it s really terrifying and heartbreaking and a lot of people have a hard time showing up in the new reality. woodruff: those are some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: it doesn t matter what kind of weather. it doesn t matter what time of day or night. when mother nature s done her worst, the only thing that matters to us is keeping the l
insists to push for their rights or basic amenities like water hook-ups. if the city ignores or takes too long to respond to their requests, arputham takes the task on himself. ifill: and: sometimes i can see the words hanging in front of me and i don t know who i am and i don t know what im going to lose next. ifill: the neuroscientist and author of still alice on warning signs of early onset alzheimers and coping with memory loss. everyone who is touched by this disease goes through the stages of grief. some people stay in denial and retreat. it s really terrifying and heartbreaking and a lot of people have a hard time showing up in the new reality. woodruff: those are some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: it doesn t matter what kind of weather. it doesn t matter what time of day or night. when mother nature s done her worst, the only thing that matters to us is keeping the l