UW RESEARCH ON AGING BRAIN AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

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GUEST: Sanjay Asthana, MD, Director, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

It is estimated that as many as 5.3 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer's disease, and that number is expected to grow to as many as 16 million by 2050. Finding effective treatment and prevention strategies and eventually finding a cure is a challenge that scientists around the world are confronting - including at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

The NIH-funded Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center is one of the nation's leading research centers providing scientific research, resources and expertise in Alzheimer's disease and related illnesses. Dr. Sanjay Asthana, director of the Wisconsin ADRC shares highlights from their Annual Public Lecture: Your Aging Brain and Alzheimer's Disease: What's Normal and What to Worry About.

More information is available at adrc.wisc.edu. If you are interested in participating in research or have questions, contact the Wisconsin ADRC at (608) 263-2582 or email: adrc@medicine.wisc.edu.

CONSUMER REPORTS SPEAKS OUT ON HEALTH REFORM

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GUEST: Nancy Metcalf, Senior Program Editor - Health, Consumer Reports

On this program, Nancy Metcalf unravels the confusion surrounding health reform and how it affects our families. She answers questions on access to health care through the health insurance exchanges, Medicare, and insurance requirements for small and large businesses.

Consumer Reports has followed the journey of health reform from the consumer's perspective and lays it out in consumer-friendly language in two free guides.

To download these free guides: Health Reform: Seven Things You Need to Know and Medicare: Six Things You Need to Know Now, go to www.ConsumerReportsHealth.org/freeguides.

THE CANDIDATE: WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN - AND HOLD - THE WHITE HOUSE

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GUEST:  Samuel L. Popkin, Author - Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego

Superior, Wisconsin native, Samuel Popkin, and author of The Candidate: What It Takes to Win - and Hold - the White House explains the behind the scenes intricacies of what goes on inside a campaign, and what makes one succeed while another fails.

Samuel Popkin served as a consultant to the Carter, McGovern, Clinton '92, and Gore Campaigns.  He was also a consultant to the CBS News Election Units from 1983 to 1990.

Reflecting on his own experience of playing the role of Ronald Reagan in Jimmy Carter's reelection campaign, he talks about the 2012 debates and the different strategic approaches between incumbents, challengers and successors.  This program is peppered with personal tales including the importance of having "the Nancy influence" at play in every Presidency.