For our January Alzheimer’s Talks, Brooks Kenny, Executive Director of our WomenAgainstAlzheimer’s network, spoke with Dr. Richard Isaacson, founder of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Joining him was Karen Segal, an UsAgainstAlzheimer’s board member who is participating in a research study Dr. Isaacson is leading.

Karen shared her experiences as an Alzheimer’s care partner to her mother and her reasons for joining the study. Dr. Isaacson’s...

For our December Alzheimer’s Talks, UsAgainstAlzheimer’s Chairman and Co-Founder George Vradenburg spoke with Lakelyn Hogan, a gerontologist and caregiver advocate at Home Instead Senior Care, where she educates professionals, families, and communities on issues that older adults and their families face. At HelpForAlzheimersFamilies.com, visitors can sign up for Lakelyn’s free weekly email, with advice, resources, and inspiration from a community of 40,000 caregivers.

This month’s topic was...

This Alzheimer’s Talks was in collaboration with our newest network, VeteransAgainstAlzheimer’s, and was moderated by Shawn Taylor, UsAgainstAlzheimer’s board member and president of our Veterans network. Our guest was Dr. David Cifu, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Senior TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) Specialist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and Principal Investigator of the Veterans Affairs...

The guest on October’s Alzheimer’s Talks was Lisa Genova, a neuroscientist and author whose work explores what it is like to live with neurological diseases and disorders. Her bestselling books include Still Alice, Inside the O’Briens, Left Neglected, and Love Anthony. Still Alice, about a Harvard professor with early onset Alzheimer’s disease, became a highly acclaimed movie.

Lisa Genova talked with George Vradenburg about how...