Han Yu

Professor of English, Kansas State University

Han Yu is a professor in the Department of English at Kansas State University, where she teaches scientific and technical communication. Her latest book is Mind Thief: The Story of Alzheimer’s (2021), a comprehensive and engaging history of Alzheimer’s that illuminates our efforts to understand the disease.

Written by Han Yu

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AGEING

The radical impact of seeing Alzheimer’s as a second childhood

Even if the retrogenesis model isn’t strictly true, seeing Alzheimer’s as a second childhood impacts radically on patient care

by Han Yu