from alzheimer's. but that's not what she's talking about. this professor of linguistics, we're talking about people in the age of 40s and 50s, early onset alzheimer's which is a totally different disease. about 200,000 american suffer from this disease and it's only 5% of the population in this category. what happens exactly, the dark side of alzheimer's, the sentences are fumbled. the words are there to grab but it doesn't come out. lack of judgment. things that are familiar to you that you do all the time. playing games, spending time with family, becomes a huge problem. and so it's not just a memory loss but it's a whole neural/spatial type of disease. that we're finding out. now -- >> what -- >> what does this nasal spray do, dr. siegel? >> by the way, in addition to what david was just saying you lost, you don't know how to get back home. you park your car somewhere, you don't know where it is. your personality changes. you get very irritable. people notice you're not acting the same. >> sometime

it's not just alzheimer's. it's the idea of facing death, mortality, disease at a young age. >> what is happening here is that we are talking about different stage of alzheimer's. that's important to know. what i want people out there to know is that there are things that we are capable of doing. certain things we cannot control, which is the progression of the disease. for example, we know lack of sleep certainly insomnia can affect stress, plays a role. that's when you forget one or two words here or there or where you left your keys. this is a real entity. i want people to really check their vitamin d level. there are studies that show low vitamin d and b-12 can mimic the signs of and symptoms of alzheimer's. one other thing, check your homocysteine level. too much, it has toxic affect. it can cause some symptoms of alzheimer's. by changing your diet, adding nuts, omega-3 fatty acid. now we are getting better imaging. with mri way to diagnose, we have cognitive test and neurologic test, we can diagnose early

. >>> battling alzheimer's. tonight julianne moore on the emotional role that could win her an oscar. the movie that will make a lot of people think. >>> and cliff hanger. the story of an incredible climb, perhaps the most difficult ever attempted, as tonight people all over the world are following the vertical progress of two brave men. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. the weather has turned serious tonight. a big area moving in to stay. the air has come from the arctic. it will stretch so far west to east and so deep into the south that tonight the estimate is most of the country, 240 million people, will be affected by this. one example, chicago may not reach a high of zero tomorrow. the wind chill map alone is rather chilling. and aside from the cold, as we'll hear in a moment, there are troubles in the west as well. first tonight we begin with nbc's kevin tibbles in chicago. kevin, good ev

>> have alzheimer's disease. early-onset. i can see the words hanging in front of me and i cannot reach them and i do not know who i am. millennium, controlled. -- hedgehog. you cannot use your situation to get me to do everything. >> why can't i? >> because it's not fair. >> on your mother. -- i am your mother. >> have to try not going to go crazy. >> please do not say that. >> i am not suffering. i am struggling. struggling to be a part of things. tuesday corrected -- to stay connected to once was. the moment is all i can do. live in the moment. >> i spoke with julianne moore earlier this year in new york. there is that conversation. there is a lot of buzz about this film. you want to toronto with the film and there was no distributor and now there is a distributor because there was a sense that this was a special. >> thank you. >> and it was the right actress at the right time. >> we felt so fortunate. you never know what is going to happen. we had a 4:30 screening on a monday, not auspicious for screening times. you go ho

i have a history in my family of alzheimer disease,.ng in this that is remarkable for those of us who have gone through the similar thing. i don't know if you have had that experience. >> could no, i have been very luck aye and i haven't had any personal experience with alzheimer and because i hadn't i didn't know anything about it are o the behaviors. i said i didn't want to do anything on screen that i hadn't personally witnessed. so i actually wanted to do a lot of research. and they were so generous with their time, and their experience. and all the women i spoke to were really articulate and very precise about what how they felt. i would ask them how does this feel. what happens when this happens. and when did it first manifest. and everybody was really very helpful. so everything i do in the movie i actually i saw or was explained. >> jon: there is one particular moment there is a sense when someone is going through that they get to a place where they are not, it is not a cognitive point but they come back. and then you see in the

a new movie, it reveals what it is like to live with the early onset of alzheimer's. >> i've

i have alzheimer's disease.e thing i loved about your performance, oh, my gosh was how specifical the levels were >> right >> like we just went on the journey with alice. >> right. >> and got to see where she was. how difficult was that for you as an actress to lock that on in? >> it was interesting. that was the most compelling part of the piece. and it's evident in the book too, when you read the book, she really takes you on that journey. and you really sort of understand where the -- whenever the client happens and what's being effected >> i would like to see you alice >> you can't sigh your situation to get me to do whatever you want >> why can't i? >> because it's not fair >> i don't have to be fairy am your mother >> if you were an advocate for alzheimer's disease, what would you want the world to know >> you are dealing with individuals and people, and not just a disease. i think there is also this misnomer that people disappear that they are not there with alzheimer's and that's not what i experienced.

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more than 5 million americans are currently a flicked with alzheimer's disease. >>> new technology isiving stroke patients more options. the university of california irvine is testing the device call the music glove. the glove has sensors that track the user's hand movements. mimicking spencer and pinch grips. those movements are key to regaining neurological function in the hand. researchers found that patient who's used the glove made more progress than those who did traditional stroke exercises. >>> well a philadelphia cab driver has certainly gotten what will be the tip of a lifetime. >> incredible. umar mega received a $989 tip on $4 and 31 sent fair this happened december 13th. the cab ride from second and market to columbus and race only lasted a minute. he said his shift had been little hectic. the mystery passenger said, he'd make it great night. he purged that tip in. fellow tax drivers say they have never seen anything like it. >> never. it's a rare moment to get $1,000. >> it's nice he got that. it's good for him. he can go pay some bills. >> freedom taxi says the credit c