January 21, 2015

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A January 20, 2015 Alzheimer's Speaks with Lori La Bey radio show highlighted ClergyAgainstAlzheimer's new book Seasons of Caring. The show featured ClergyAgainstAlzheimer's founders Dr. Daniel Potts, Rabbi Steven Glazer, Dr. Richard Morgan and Lynda Everman.


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A January 20, 2015 Bloomberg article reported that President Obama announced a new push for personalized medicine during his State of the Union address. President Obama stated, "I want the country that eliminated polio and mapped the human genome to lead a new era of medicine — one that delivers the right treatment at the right time. I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes — and to give all of us access to the personalized information we need to keep ourselves and our families healthier.” According to the article, "The Obama administration views medical research as an area of health-care policy the Republican-led Congress may be willing to help advance, even as it fights the president over the continued implementation of Obamacare, his signature legislative accomplishment. Obama’s health secretary, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, foreshadowed the precision medicine proposal in a speech last week that was conciliatory toward Republicans."

A January 21, 2015 Agence France-Presse (AFP) article reported that President Obama urged for more funds "to lead a new era of medicine" in his State of the Union address. According to the article, "Obama's proposal would also continue to fund Alzheimer's research and the BRAIN initiative he launched in 2013 and expanded last year to include US$300 million in funding for government agencies involved in regulation, military, health and science research.The main US government body for medical research, the National Institutes of Health, distributes about US$30 billion in funds annually.Leading cancer researchers at the American Society for Clinical Oncology warned last year that stagnant funding levels over the past decade were contributing to brain drain and threatening the pace of medical progress."