Did Dr. Ben Carson appear on 60 Minutes and discuss dementia in 2025?
Executive summary
There is no evidence in the provided reporting that Dr. Ben Carson appeared on 60 Minutes in 2025 to discuss dementia; the documents instead show Carson speaking about Alzheimer’s and related topics in other venues and fact‑checkers debunking social posts that misuse his name to promote miracle cures [1] [2] [3] [4]. The available coverage documents misinformation campaigns tying Carson to unproven “cures,” and does not support a 60 Minutes appearance in 2025 on that subject [2] [3].
1. What the records actually show about Carson and dementia coverage
The materials provided include a March 2024 podcast in which Dr. Ben Carson discusses Alzheimer’s breakthroughs and treatments, but that appearance was on the Better For America podcast rather than on 60 Minutes, and the transcript and summary presented by the host frame his comments as an overview of promising developments rather than a claim of a cure [1]. Multiple fact‑checking organizations and newsrooms documented and rebutted social posts and ads that falsely attribute miracle dementia cures to Carson, explicitly noting there is no evidence he discovered or endorsed a cure and pointing readers toward official health authorities warning against such scams [2] [3] [4]. Those corrections and updates demonstrate that Carson’s public commentary on Alzheimer’s in the reporting supplied was overwhelmed in the public record by fraudulent endorsements and marketing that used his name without authorization [2] [3].
2. What fact‑checkers found and why that matters for the 60 Minutes claim
Reuters, AFP and related fact‑checks investigated viral social posts and advertising that paired Carson’s image with fabricated headlines about curing dementia; Reuters quoted a representative for the American Cornerstone Institute saying Carson had not endorsed such claims and labeled specific social claims “completely fake” [2]. AFP likewise reported there was “no evidence” Carson made findings touted by those clickbait screenshots and traced the posts to marketing campaigns for supplements and unproven regimens [3]. Those fact‑checks undermine the credibility of any viral claim that Carson made a high‑profile broadcast appearance in 2025 touting a cure, because the dominant verifiable thread in the reporting is the circulation of fabrications rather than a verified televised interview such as 60 Minutes [2] [3].
3. The gap in the record: no source here documents a 60 Minutes interview in 2025
None of the supplied sources include reporting from 60 Minutes, a segment listing, network press release, or a mainstream news item documenting a 2025 60 Minutes interview with Carson about dementia; the nearest concrete appearance in these documents is the March 2024 podcast [1]. Because the available evidence is silent on a 60 Minutes segment, the correct journalistic stance—based on these sources—is that the claim is unsupported rather than disproven by direct contradiction; these sources show misattribution and false endorsements, not a verified CBS interview in 2025 [1] [2] [3].
4. Broader context and motives behind the misinformation
The pattern in the provided reporting shows commercial actors and social amplifiers often affix well‑known medical names to marketing claims—here leveraging Carson’s neurosurgical reputation—to sell supplements or attention, while independent fact‑checkers and Carson’s own representatives push back and call the endorsements fake; that dynamic explains why false claims about cures and purported high‑profile interviews proliferate even without documentary backing for a 60 Minutes appearance [2] [3] [4]. Alternative possibilities remain: Carson could have spoken on other platforms about Alzheimer’s outside the provided set of documents, but the files at hand establish only a podcast appearance and multiple debunked social claims, not a 60 Minutes broadcast in 2025 [1] [2] [3].