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SUMMARY:Brain Train: SMART Actions That Might Boost Cognition and Prevent Alzheimer's disease in people with Down syndrome
DESCRIPTION:Two of the most common\, yet challenging\, questions that Dr Skotko is asked by caregivers: (1) How can you prevent Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome? and (2) How might we boost their cognition? While exciting research is unfolding in laboratories across the world\, there are strategies that caregivers can take right now in respect to these two questions. \nIn this presentation\, Dr Skotko reveals his recommendations. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Dr Brian Skotko\n					\n					A Board-certified medical geneticist\, Dr. Skotko is the Emma Campbell Endowed Chair on Down Syndrome at Massachusetts General Hospital. As the Director of the hospital’s Down Syndrome Program\, he has dedicated his professional energies toward children with cognitive and development disabilities. \nHe co-authored the national award-winning books\, Common Threads: Celebrating Life with Down Syndrome and Fasten Your Seatbelt: A Crash Course on Down Syndrome for Brothers and Sisters. He is a graduate of Duke University\, Harvard Medical School\, and Harvard Kennedy School\, and he is currently a Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Skotko is a leader on clinical and translational research about Down syndrome. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal\, The New York Times\, The washington Post\, The L.A. Times\, NPR’s “On Point\,” and ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Dr. Skotko has a sister with Down syndrome and serves on the Honorary Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress. \n					\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Register Here
URL:https://nzdsa.org.nz/event/brain-train-smart-actions-that-might-boost-cognition-and-prevent-alzheimers-disease-in-people-with-down-syndrome/
LOCATION:Zoom\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Virtual Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="New Zealand Down Syndrome Association":MAILTO:na@nzdsa.org.nz
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