month, and for millions of families every advance brings much-needed hope. >> our special anchor maria shrivermaria joins us with some inspiring news. hey, maria we missed you. >> hi, i'm so happy to see you all. gosh, good morning, everybody. more than 6 million americans have alzheimer's, and for their families, it's known as the long good-bye, solving the mysteries of alzheimer's has become a mission of mine, and it's led to the creation of a very special center a decade after i lost my own dad to this devastating disease. >> i think to describe daddy was to describe him as handsome, full of life, full of energy he was absolutely brilliant. and to then sit across from that person and hear them say to you who are you, it blows your mind to watch somebody become a child in front of your very eyes ten years ago i lost my dad, sergeant shriver to alzheimer's a disease that ravaged his memory and his mind, leaving my family to grieve even while he was still alive. so it made me start asking questions. was there anything he could have done differently might that happen to me? in 2010 i released t

seeing how interesting it was giving a top and tour to ted kennedy and a variety of family members, maria shriver was there. and just a bunch of grandkids and the extended family. so, telling them about their own family was fun. >> sounds a little nerve wracking. okay, let's go to bat. what's illnesses did john f. kennedy suffer from as a child? this is beth in brooklyn massachusetts. >> i think it might be better to ask what illnesses do you not severe as a child? he had so many of them. and in fact, one of the things that we don't really like to show is miss kennedy have a card box that she kept for all the children. and there were a few coming home, and she kept cards for all of the children. but there's one that we like to talk about. that was a card on john f. kennedy that was on his health. he had bronchitis, he had measles, chicken pox. he had a variety of these illnesses, which today really aren't necessarily so bad or so difficult. a lot of children today are vaccinated and don't have these illnesses anymore. but in the early 1900s, it was a big deal. when the family was living here, in

how interesting it was giving a talk and tour to a ted kennedy and a variety of family members maria shriver was there and eunice and just a bunch of the grandkids and extended family. so telling them about their own family homes. sounds a little nerve-wracking. okay. let's go to beth's question. what illnesses did john f kennedy suffer from as a child? this is beth in brookline, massachusetts. i think it might be better just to ask what illnesses didn't he suffer as a child. he had so many of them and in fact one of the things we generally like to show is mrs. kennedy had a card box that she kept on all of the children and we have a replica in the home in her study and she kept cards on all of the children, but there's one that we like to pass around or at least talk about and that was a card on john f kennedy and it was on his health and he had bronchitis. he had measles he had chicken pox. he had a variety of these illnesses which today really aren't necessarily so bad or so severe a lot of children today are vaccinated don't even get some of these illnesses anymore. but in the early 1900