Dr. Nathaniel Chin highlights effects of ‘This is Us’ character’s diagnosis

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Nathaniel Chin, MD, director of medical services for the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), shared with TMJ4 News Milwaukee and NBC 15 how NBC’s ‘This is Us’ character’s diagnosis affects his patients. In the show, Mandy Moore’s character Rebecca was diagnosed with MCI, and Chin is grateful that the show is putting a spotlight on this medical issue. 

“Think of MCI as the umbrella term that we will use for someone who has a thinking change underneath. That is Alzheimer’s or having a stroke or Parkinson’s disease or depression,” Chin told TMJ4 News. 

TMJ4 and NBC 15 also spoke with a local man with MCI to learn about his experiences with the disease and how he is coping with its effects. The patients described his symptoms and how, with Chin’s instruction, he is working to slow the disease’s progression.

"'This Is Us' character's diagnosis is real life for Wisconsin man" aired on TMJ4 News Milwaukee on February 11, 2020, and "UW Health researching disease highlighted on 'This Is Us'" aired on NBC 15 on February 11, 2020.