Television – HBO Documentaries Put Alzheimer’s Disease Under a Microscope – NYTimes.com
HBO, the pay-cable home to blood-sucking 173-year-olds, polygamous Mormons and stressed-out, therapy-seeking C.E.O.’s, is not the usual place for explanations of amyloid plaques, computer-rendered brain-imaging scans or distressing tales of a woman told she can never drive again. But as it does every few years, HBO will soon intrude on its largely fiction-oriented lineup of series and second-run Hollywood movies to deliver five prime hours of a multimillion-dollar public service health campaign. Starting May 10, in its most far-reaching initiative yet, HBO tackles Alzheimer’s disease.
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