With this episode, we’ve made some exciting changes to Alzheimer’s Talks. Joining us as our host is former journalist, bestselling author and Alzheimer’s caregiver Meryl Comer. She is Co-Founder of WomenAgainstAlzheimer’s, Chair of the Global Alliance on Women’s Brain Health and an UsAgainstAlzheimer’s Founding Board Member.

We’ll now bring you Alzheimer’s news, as well as our hallmark conversations with researchers and other leaders. You can still listen by phone...

No longer a concern simply for later years, achieving brain health across the lifespan requires understanding, attention, and commitment to our body’s most powerful organ. We need to know how to empower ourselves, our families and our communities to keep our brains healthy from the earliest years.

How does Alzheimer’s fit into the idea of building a culture of brain health? We discussed this question in a special Alzheimer’s Talk...

While Alzheimer's disease is most common among people aged 65 and older, research from AARP and UsAgainstAlzheimer's finds its effects are being felt more and more by young people. Our chief of staff and executive director of our LatinosAgainstAlzheimer's network, Jason Resendez, spoke with young people who are shaping the Alzheimer's movement through advocacy, research and storytelling: Veronica Segovia of AARP; Andres Martin, millennial Alzheimer's caregiver and advocate; Nihal Satyadev of...

What if a blood test or other simple exam could one day detect Alzheimer’s? Scientists are in pursuit of ways to test for Alzheimer’s by measuring a biomarker, any substance in the body that may indicate or rule out the presence of a disease. Currently many people with Alzheimer’s are never diagnosed by a physician—or are diagnosed at a very late stage. Broad availability and adoption of a blood-based test...