Must reads and watch 

• A September 30, 2014 Wall Street Journal article reported that "The National Institutes of Health on Tuesday issued the initial $46 million in research grants under President Barack Obama's Brain Initiative, kick-starting projects such as classifying cell types in the brain and creating futuristic human brain imaging technology." According to the article, "The president announced the research initiative last year to invent technologies that would help to understand brain cells and how they communicate with each other. The goal is to develop better treatments of illnesses like Alzheimer's and epilepsy, or simply develop a deeper scientific understanding of how the human brain functions. Dr. Thomas R. Insel, director of the NIH's National Institute of Mental Health, said much of the initial scientific work will be "basic, such as defining cell types in the brain."" NIH announcement here, also covered by Bloomberg, Tech Times, and others. 
• A September 30, 2014 Vancouver Sun video segment reported that Canadian philanthropist Charles Fipke donated $9.1 million to the University of British Columbia for Alzheimer's disease research. According to the interview, "Fipke was moved to make the donation because of the health of his friend Bill Bennett, a former premier of B.C., who suffers from Alzheimer’s."
• A September 28, 2014 AlzJourney.com blog post highlighted the WomenAgainstAlzheimer's Summit and called on the readers to build a movement to stop Alzheimer's. According to the post, "Hope is there, we just need funding to match that of the other leading causes of death: cancer, heart disease, and HIV/AIDS. Don’t think your voice doesn’t count. You + your neighbor + his brother + his co-worker + her neighbor + on and on and on. It’s time to make this a movement, just like the movement to cure cancer and HIV/AIDS. Time is of the essence."