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This week Dr. Huntington Potter joins us for our entire show. Dr. Potter is the leading authority on Alzheimer’s disease in the Rocky Mountain region. He is professor and vice chair for basic research, department of neurology, and the director of the Rocky Mountain Alzheimer’s Disease Center at the University of Colorado. Dr. Potter’s laboratory seeks to identify and develop new therapies to stop Alzheimer’s disease, to reverse its cognitive effects, and to ultimately cure the disease forever. Dr. Potter explains what Alzheimer's disease is and how it is different than dementia. Learn how people get the disease and what you can do now to lower your risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Dr. Potter also tells us why it is taking so long to develop new therapies and provides some insight into the current status of their research and the goal of earlier diagnosis and prevention.