Dr. William Pendlebury is a Professor of Pathology and Neurology and Director of the UVM Center on Aging and Fletcher Allen's Memory Center. She spoke with Vermont Edition about the search for a cure for Alzheimer's.

If you knew you were going to get Alzheimer's disease, how would you live your life differently? What would you want your family and loved ones to do when you no longer remembered them? We'll talk with Nancy Bercaw, author of a new memoir about dealing with Alzheimer's in the family.

This week on Radiolab, the "Soul Patch" is not the way you style your facial hair, but the duct tape that keeps your life from falling apart. We'll explore stories of unlikely (and surprisingly simple) answers to seemingly unsolvable problems.