>>> WELCOME BACK
JUNE IS ALZHEIMER’S AND BLAINERA
AWARENESS MONTH.
OUR DEAR FRIEND AND NBC NEWS
SPECIAL ANCHOR MARIA SHRIVER IS
JOINING US TO SHARE INCREDIBLE,
NEW INFORMATION.
>> HI, GOOD MORNING.
>> MARIA ANNOUNCING -- GOOD
MORNING, MARIA
YOU’RE ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF
THE WOMEN’S ALZHEIMER’S MOVEMENT
PREVENTION CENTER AT THE
CLEVELAND CLINIC’S BRAIN CENTER
IN LAS VEGAS
THE FIRST OF ITS FINDKIND IN OUR
COUNTRY.
GOOD MORNING, MARIA.
FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE WE GET
STARTED, TALKING ABOUT THE
ALZHEIMER’S CENTER, WE WANT TO
SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO YOUR
FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF JEAN
KENNEDY SMITH.
>> THANK YOU
SHE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN
HAD A GREAT CAREER ON BEHALF OF
THIS COUNTRY AS AMBASSADOR TO
IRELAND, PROMOTING PEACE THERE,
AND ALSO STARTED SPECIAL ARTS
FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL
DISABILITIES
I TAKE SOLACE IN THE FACT THAT
SHE IS WITH EVERY OTHER MEMBER
OF HER FAMILY UP IN HEAVEN
IT IS NICE FOR HER
>> THAT’S WONDERFUL.
WELL, WE ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT
SOMETHING ELSE THAT’S WONDERFUL.
CREATING THIS CENTER, WHICH WAS
YOUR BRAIN CHILD
WHAT SPARKED THIS, TO CREATE NOT
JUST A CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER’S,
BUT A FEMALE CENTER?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE POINTED OUT
THAT IT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST
WOMEN.
GIVE US A SENSE OF THIS.
>> YEAH.
I’M SUPER, SUPER EXCITED
THIS IS A HUGE MILESTONE IN THE
ALZHEIMER’S PREVENTION MOVEMENT.
WOMEN ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IT
PACTED ED
IMPACTED BY ALZHEIMER’S.
TWO-THIRDS ARE WOMEN, AND ALSO
DISPROPORTIONATELY WOMEN OF
COLOR.
THIS IS THE VERY FIRST CENTER
THAT IS DEVOTED TO WOMEN,
STAFFED BY WOMEN, FOCUSED ON HOW
WOMEN PROCESS ALZHEIMER’S.
I’M SUPER EXCITED BECAUSE WOMEN
DO DIFFERENTLY ON TESTS,
COGNITIVE TESTS.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT
THEY PROCESS STRESS.
THEY GO THROUGH PERIMENOPAUSE,
MENOPAUSE.
THIS IS A CENTER REACHING OUT TO
WOMEN WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
ALZHEIMER’S, CONCERNED ABOUT
THEIR OWN BRAIN HEALTH, WHO
MIGHT HAVE A GENE THAT
PREDISPOSES THEM TO ALZHEIMER’S,
OR WHO ARE JUST WORRIED ABOUT
IT
I’M SUPER EXCITED THAT THIS WILL
BE A REALLY LANDMARK CENTER IN
THE FIGHT AGAINST ALZHEIMER’S.
>> MARIA, I THOUGHT THIS WAS
INTERESTING, BECAUSE THROUGH
YOUR MOVEMENT, YOU FOUND THAT UP
TO 1/3 OF ALL ALZHEIMER’S CASES
ARE PREVENTABLE.
I NEVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF RESEARCH,
DYLAN, ABOUT LIFESTYLE WHEN IT
COMES TO ALZHEIMER’S
HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES IMPACTS
OUR BRAIN HEALTH
SO THE WOMEN’S ALZHEIMER’S
MOVEMENT, WHICH WE STARTED IN
RESPONSE TO THE FACT THAT WE
DON’T REALLY KNOW WHY WOMEN ARE
PREDISPOSED TO ALZHEIMER’S,
STRESSES EXERCISE, STRESSES
SLEEP, STRESSES DIET, STRESSES
MEDITATION
WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF
LIFESTYLE FACTORS THAT CAN
IMPROVE BRAIN HEALTH TODAY
SO IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO START
THINKING ABOUT YOUR BRAIN
HEALTH
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO START
ADJUSTING YOUR DIET AND MAKING
IT ONE THAT IS MORE SUPPORTIVE
OF YOUR BRAIN HEALTH
EXERCISE IS CRITICAL TO KEEPING
YOUR BRAIN ACTIVE.
SO IS SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT, SO IS
KEEPING YOUR MIND, YOUR BRAIN
ACTIVE, LEARNING NEW THINGS.
SO LIFESTYLE, HOW WE LIVE,
WHETHER WE’RE SUDDENEDENTARY, WH
WE ARE PRONE TO HYPERTENSION,
ALL THESE HEALTH RISKS ARE RISKS
FOR ALZHEIMER’S.
SO MY HOPE IS THAT WOMEN FROM
AROUND THE COUNTRY, REALLY
AROUND THE WORLD, WILL COME TO
THIS CENTER, WILL FIND OUT THEIR
NUMBERS, WILL LEARN ABOUT THEIR
OWN BRAIN HEALTH, WILL LEARN
ABOUT THEIR BODIES, WILL BE
AWARE OF WHAT RISK FACTORS THEY
MAY HAVE THAT MIGHT PUT THEM ON
THE PATH TOWARDS ALZHEIMER’S,
AND THEY MAY SLOW DOWN THAT
DISEASE.
>> SO, MARIA, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT SETS THIS CENTER APART, AND
THIS CLINIC, IS THAT IT IS
POWERED BY PHILANTHROPY.
HOW COME
>> UH-OH.
>> I THINK WE MAY HAVE -- CAN
YOU HEAR US, MARIA
>> I CAN HEAR YOU PERFECTLY.
I MAY BE BLURRY, BUT I GOT THE
FOCUS.
>> REALLY QUICKLY, WHY IS THIS
SO SPECIAL, THAT IT IS POWERED
BY PHILANTHROPY?
>> WELL, BECAUSE IT IS NOT
COVERED BY INSURANCE
SO WE’RE TRYING TO -- THE
WOMEN’S ALZHEIMER’S MOVEMENT AND
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC, WE’RE
FUNDING THIS RIGHT NOW
PREVENTION IS SO CRITICAL TO OUR
MESSAGE.
SO WE’RE RAISING THE MONEY, AND
OUR HOPE IS, ONE DAY, IT WILL BE
COVERED.
RIGHT NOW, IT’S NOT.
WE’RE RAISING THE MONEY.
WE’RE REACHING OUT TO WOMEN,
SAYING, "COME HERE
TALK ABOUT PREVENTION.
THINK ABOUT YOUR BRAIN HEALTH.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE."
>> MARIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AS
ALWAYS
REAL QUICK, CONGRATULATIONS TO
YOUR SON, CHRISTOPHER, FOR
GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF MICHIGAN LAST WEEK.
MUST BE A PROUD MOM.
>> I’M SO PROUD OF CHRISTOPHER
GO BLUE.
I THINK IT IS A BITTERSWEET --
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY GRADUATED ON
ZOOM INSTEAD OF IN THE BIG
HOUSE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I TOLD HIM,
THE CLASS OF 2020 IS GOING TO GO
DOWN IN HISTORY.
IT IS A VERY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL
CLASS.
>> IT CERTAINLY IS
MARIA, ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
CENTER, LOG ON TO 3rd HOUR
TODAY.COM.
BE SURE TO ALSO HEAD TO OUR "3rd
HOUR TODAY" INSTAGRAM PAGE FOR
SOMETHING ELSE THIS AFTERNOON.
ANOTHER EDITION OF ROKER’S ROLL
CALL.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
WE’LL BE TALKING WITH FUNNY GUY
DAVID KOECHNER, WHO WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT THE BIG SLICK.
ALSO, ELLEN’S RESIDENT DEEJAY,