The Illness and the Odyssey 2013 123movies

Watch: The Illness and the Odyssey 2013 123movies, Full Movie Online – This film is an epic, medical mystery “whodunit”, which tracks the decades long pursuit of scientists competing each other to find the cause of a mysterious neurological disease affecting the native Chamorro population on the island of Guam. The stakes are high because the answer will lead to cures for Alzheimer’s and other related diseases..
Plot: A cure for Alzheimer’s. A Nobel Prize. On one remote island, a high stakes battle to solve a medical mystery unfolds. The Illness and the Odyssey gives us an up-close look at the scientific process in the making as we observe internationally acclaimed scientists battling each other to find the cause of a mysterious disease found on Guam – Lytico-Bodig. If the answer is found it may lead to finding the cause and cure of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Lou Gehrig’s Disease. The film features renowned author and neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks.
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Hug a Scientist Today
We need a lot more documentaries like this, which was aired on PBS. We live in an underfunded, anti-science time which is also hostile to fact and truth. This shows the slow, methodical detective work – not to mention the struggle for funding – that is the hallmark of all great scientific efforts and breakthroughs.

Doctors and scientists in the fields of neurology, immunology, infectious diseases, etc. were drawn to Guam in the 1950’s to study a local ailment which displayed symptoms of ALS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. It is called Lytico-Bodig and researchers treated the island population as though they held the Rosetta Stone of understanding all three of these degenerative diseases and perhaps many others as well.

Sixty years later and there is still no answer as to cause or prevention. But that is not the same thing as saying researchers have made no progress. Science is perhaps the only field by which success is defined by continuous failure. Every new theory must be fully and repeatedly tested before determining what, if anything, was learned and is of value before moving on to the next theory. Perhaps one day bits and pieces from numerous theories will be discovered as the answer — once they are linked together as a result of endless and meticulous testing.

Hug a Scientist Today
We need a lot more documentaries like this, which was aired on PBS. We live in an underfunded, anti-science time which is also hostile to fact and truth. This shows the slow, methodical detective work – not to mention the struggle for funding – that is the hallmark of all great scientific efforts and breakthroughs.

Doctors and scientists in the fields of neurology, immunology, infectious diseases, etc. were drawn to Guam in the 1950’s to study a local ailment which displayed symptoms of ALS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. It is called Lytico-Bodig and researchers treated the island population as though they held the Rosetta Stone of understanding all three of these degenerative diseases and perhaps many others as well.

Sixty years later and there is still no answer as to cause or prevention. But that is not the same thing as saying researchers have made no progress. Science is perhaps the only field by which success is defined by continuous failure. Every new theory must be fully and repeatedly tested before determining what, if anything, was learned and is of value before moving on to the next theory. Perhaps one day bits and pieces from numerous theories will be discovered as the answer — once they are linked together as a result of endless and meticulous testing.

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Original Language en
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Genre Documentary, History, Mystery
Director Berry Minnott
Writer Jen Bradwell, Berry Minnott
Actors Joy Carlin
Country United States
Awards 2 wins
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