November 29, 2016

Today's Top Alzheimer's News

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A November 24, 2016 Neurology Reviews article highlighted ResearchersAgainstAlzheimer’s drug pipeline report. According to UsAgainstAlzheimer's Chairman George Vradenburg, “These potentially game-changing drugs on the horizon may make Alzheimer’s [disease] a manageable disease.”


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A November 29, 2016 Fox Business article urged millennials to care more about Alzheimer’s. According Eric Reiman, M.D., executive director of the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, “This [Alzheimer’s] will be an overwhelming financial problem for millennials by the time they’re senior citizens unless we address it now. The second part is that their parents are at risk for developing the disease even sooner and this disorder takes a huge toll on the entire family not just with the one who is affected.”

A November 28, 2016 Las Vegas Review-Journal article highlighted the tsunami of Alzheimer’s hitting baby boomers. According to the article, “By 2050, the number of people age 65 and older with Alzheimer’s will nearly triple, from today’s 5.2 million to a projected 14 million, barring a medical breakthrough…More than 50 percent of the 130 daily clients at the two nonprofit day-cares [Nevada Senior Services] have cognitive problems, with others suffering largely with physical ailments. In addition to federal and private insurance programs that help defray the cost of day care, Klein and his staff are prolific grant writers, so few clients have to pay the $70 a day bill for services.”

A November 28, 2016 WebMD.com article reported that “Protein fragments that form plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's patients might also stiffen their heart muscle and increase their risk of heart failure, a new study reports.”

A November 28, 2016 Local10.com article highlighted a Cuban woman living with Alzheimer’s disease’s reaction to the news of Fidel Castro’s death. According to the article, “She turned on her camera, and told her mom the news that Castro had died at age 90. Suarez began to cry.”

A November 28, 2016 NJTVonline.org article reported that Sen. Bob Menendez “came to Rutgers to tour the Neuroscience and Cell Biology Department where researchers — led by Dr. Federico Sesti — say they’ve found a way to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s in its early stages.” According to the article, “It’s a hard subject for Sen. Bob Menendez — his mother’s 18-year battle with the memory-ravaging Alzheimer’s disease. ‘And there were times when I wondered whether she would recognize me the next time that I walked into the room,’ he said.”