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Lake Forest College hosts talk on Alzheimer’s Disease

Covering current knowledge of the disease and possible preventative measures

Lisa Barnes will present "Alzheimer's Disease: Current knowledge, challenges, and keys to prevention" at Lake Forest College on Oct. 17.
Lisa Barnes will present "Alzheimer's Disease: Current knowledge, challenges, and keys to prevention" at Lake Forest College on Oct. 17.

Lake Forest College welcomes Professor of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine in the Department of Neurological Sciences at Rush University Medical Center Lisa Barnes who will deliver a lecture on Alzheimer’s Disease.

Her talk will cover the current scientific knowledge of the disease, the challenges sufferers face, and what key preventative measures can be taken to lower one’s likelihood of developing this degenerative disease.

The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 555 North Sheridan Road, Lake Forest in the College’s Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel on Middle Campus.

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