USA2 SPOTLIGHT

We are livestreaming our National Alzheimer's Summit today. Watch and provide your input as we convene researchers, philanthropists, global industry leaders, individuals living with Alzheimer’s, caregivers and other advocates to power an action-oriented movement to spur the medical progress needed to defeat Alzheimer’s by the U.S. national goal of 2025. 

An October 3, 2017 USA Today video segment and article spotlighted a new UsAgainstAlzheimer’s report which finds that American families are having fewer children, more likely to be divorced or estranged and have fewer financial resources. More people are living to 85, roughly half will develop Alzheimer’s and most families aren’t able to afford caring for aging loved ones. According to UsA2 Co-Founder and Chairman George Vradenburg, “American families and... Medicare and Medicaid are simply not prepared to cope with the growing numbers of people with this disease.” 

An October 3, 2017 Newsmax article highlighted the new UsAgainstAlzheimer’s analysis which finds that veterans have a higher risk of contracting Alzheimer's disease than civilians who have never served in the military. Half of veterans who are 65 years or older are at risk of getting Alzheimer's, compared to 15 percent of the general population.

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An October 3, 2017 Wicked Local Quincy “A Good Age” blog reported that in November the US Postal Service will issue a special semipostal stamp to help end Alzheimer’s disease. Sales will go to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In a series of five, the first will be for Alzheimer’s awareness, and the second for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Alzheimer’s semipostal stamp was made possible by UsAgainstAlzheimer’s Lynda Everman, and Kathy Siggins and others. 

According to an October 3, 2017 NPR radio segment and article, new evidence shows that the body's immune system interacts directly with the brain. Lymphatic vessels surround the brain, carrying lymph, which contains immune cells and waste products. "The discovery of a lymphatic system in the brain raises the possibility that a disorder of the lymphatic system is somehow involved in the causation of Alzheimer's disease," said University of California San Francisco’s Dr. Michael Weiner.