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June 17, 2025 | 23:39

Breaking the Silence: Jay Reinstein’s Mission to End Alzheimer's Stigma

In this episode of BrainStorm, host Meryl Comer talks with Jay Reinstein, a former assistant city manager in North Carolina, about his 12 to15-month journey involving neuropsychological testing and brain scans before being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at age 57.
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In 2012, before podcasts, UsAgainstAlzheimer’s began a call-in talk show hosted by George Vradenburg and Meryl Comer that transformed into a webinar. These archived episodes are listed below.

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August 19, 2015

Late-Life Depression & Cognitive Impairment - Dr. Scott Mackin

Sixty percent of people with late-life depression also suffer from some form of cognitive impairment, and research shows depression is linked to a

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July 29, 2015

The Theft of Memory - Author Jonathan Kozol

Some people say once a person has Alzheimer’s, he or she becomes a stranger, losing the pieces of his or her personality we knew and loved before.

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July 14, 2015

The NOBLE & A4 Studies - Dr. Michael Rafii

With new imaging technology and a greater understanding of the progression of Alzheimer’s guiding clinical trials, there’s hope on the horizon for

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June 25, 2015

Boosting the Brain's Immune System - Dr. Katrin Andreasson

Previous research has shown that NSAIDS, a class of anti-inflammatory drug, can help prevent Alzheimer’s in cognitively normal people, but it wasn’

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Alzheimer's Talks
May 13, 2015

Alzheimer's & the Arts - Anne Basting, Gary Glazner, Sunil Iyengar, Dr. Kate de Medeiros

This month, we were lucky to have four guests join us to help explain the power the arts can have for patients and caregivers coping with the sympt

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