Monday, February 2, 2015

'Still Alice' highlighting often hidden toll of Alzheimer's

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2015 file photo, Julianne Moore accepts the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role for “Still Alice” at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Moore's prize-winning performance as a college professor stricken with early-onset Alzheimer's has raised awareness of a disease with no cure. Though Moore's type of Alzheimer's is rare, the symptoms are the same as the more common form of the disease that more than 5 million older Americans are living with. Things to know about Alzheimer's and the early onset form of the disease. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Her performance as a vibrant woman fading into the darkness of Alzheimer's is doing more than earning awards for actress Julianne Moore. The movie "Still Alice" is raising awareness of a disease too often suffered in isolation, even if the Hollywood face is younger than the typical real-life patient.








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