Nancy Reagan’s Impact on Fighting Alzheimer’s
VIDEO: President Ronald Reagan’s family really raised the bar of Alzheimer’s awareness. See former President Obama with Nancy Reagan, describing why she will always be
VIDEO: President Ronald Reagan’s family really raised the bar of Alzheimer’s awareness. See former President Obama with Nancy Reagan, describing why she will always be
The 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease Congress will take place in London on the 7th through the 9th of June, 2016. Find out more.
VIDEO, ARTICLE, BOOK, FORWARD: When restaurateur, TV host and model B. Smith was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, she became a public face in fighting the disease.
VIDEO + ARTICLE: In an effort to educate potential volunteers to try RVT-101 in a clinical trial, the MINDSET STUDY is trying something new. Doctors
VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL: Last week, Alan Beamer’s impassioned Alzheimer’s video to friends went viral. It quickly got the attention of a half-million views. Today, a
VIDEO: Many people live well with dementia. At the same time, misconceptions of the people they know and meet can make life harder than it
VIDEO + ARTICLE: Screen legend Kirk Douglas celebrated his 99th birthday. Instead of receiving gifts, he used the occasion to give one — $15 million
Susan Williams spent the past year learning about Lewy Body dementia and its effects on Robin William’s life. Going public last week drew so much
AWARENESS VIDEO: See how Sandy Halperin’s passionate fight for Alzheimer’s support helps his own dementia, energizing his brain and life.
Announcing the kickoff of the October Lewy Body Dementia Awareness Month, appropriately themed, “Let’s Beat Lewy!” Get the details.
VIDEO + ARTICLE: Lewy Body dementia is frequently mistaken for Alzheimer’s. That’s dangerous, as Lewy Body dementia requires different medications and unique caregiving techniques. Explore this common type of dementia.
A new workshop at the Flint Institute of Arts is making waves in the Alzheimer’s and dementia community.
A long, long time ago (1930), brains were smaller. Are today’s bigger brains connected to improvements in rates of dementia?
An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?
If you couldn’t see your mashed potatoes, you probably wouldn’t eat them. That’s why what “The Red Plate Study” found was astonishing! Alzheimer’s patients eating from red plates consumed 25 percent more food than those eating from white plates. Find out why.
Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!
It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.
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