September 22, 2015

Today's Top Alzheimer's News

USA2 SPOTLIGHT  

ICYMI: A September 16, 2015 TMC News article highlighted theAfricanAmericansAgainstAlzheimer’s Network’s efforts to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s and clinical trials with the award-winning stage play “Forget Me Not.” According to the article, “African-Americans are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia and are less likely to be diagnosed and treated. While researchers are not certain why their risk is so much higher, they do have a solution that can improve treatment for African-Americans: research.”


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A September 22, 2015 Today Show segment highlighted patient advocate B. Smith and the impact of Alzheimer’s on caregivers. According to the article, “As a couple on the frontlines dealing with Alzheimer's, Smith and Gasby understand all too well how tough it can be. To bring attention to all the other families touched by the disease, they've partnered up with the Caregiver Action Network (caregiveraction.org to ask Americans to join in the Twitter #TakeOneMoment campaign, by sharing photos of loved one with Alzheimer's for awareness day. And, it turns out, there are some pretty big numbers. ‘In fact,’ Roker says, ‘there are 15 million Americans caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease.’”


RESEARCH, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY 

A September 21, 2015 The San Diego Union-Tribune article reported that “A chemical relative of aspirin is potentially useful in treating a neurodegenerative illness like Alzheimer's disease and possibly Alzheimer's itself, according to a study by California scientists.”

A September 21, 2015 Smithsonian.com article highlighted six ways that electrical brain stimulation could be used in the future, including slowing down Alzheimer’s. According to the article, “Alzheimer’s disease remains one of medicine’s most daunting challenges, both in terms of pinpointing a cause and developing a truly effective treatment. Now a team led by scientists at Johns Hopkins University is conducting a clinical trial to see if deep brain stimulation can slow memory loss and cognitive decline.”

A September 21, 2015 Deutsche Welle interview with Alzheimer’s researcher John Hardy highlighted the current state of Alzheimer’s research.