September 30, 2016

Today's Top Alzheimer's News

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A September 30, 2016 Alzheimer’s News Today article highlighted UsAgainstAlzheimer’s 2016 National Alzheimer’s Summit and its focus on women, minorities, and caregivers. The article quoted UsAgainstAlzheimer’s co-founder and chairman, “This is not just another conference because this is not just any disease; Alzheimer’s is a cancer-sized problem demanding a cancer-sized solution.” 

A September 28, 2016 Fox News Latino article reported on the growing impact of Alzheimer’s on Latinos and featured UsAgainstAlzheimer’s new report with the USC Roybal Institute on Aging. According to Latino Network lead Jason Resendez, "The caregiver story is equally important to understand when it comes to Alzheimer’s and dementia. Latino caregivers are less equipped and less well-resourced.” Also reported on this week by Healio


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A September 29, 2016 Bloomberg article highlighted the the “financial burden of Alzheimer’s.” According to the article, “One in nine Americans age 65 or older has Alzheimer’s—a total of 5.2 million people—and that number is expected to triple by 2050. Patients typically live 8 to 10 years after diagnosis, and families can quickly exhaust their savings caring for them. The cost of an assisted living facility averages $43,200 a year, while a semiprivate room at a nursing home runs $80,300…”

A September 29, 2016 Alzheimer’s News Today article reported that “More research is essential to improve protocols for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome, but the ability to identify and care for those patients is enhanced significantly if clinicians are aware of specific circumstances and use a multi-disciplinary treatment strategy.”

A September 29, 2016 NPR.org article reported that “Researchers are reporting evidence that rats possess "episodic memories," the kind of memories that allow us to go back in time and recall specific events.”

A September 28, 2016 Science Daily article reported that “A case study from Lund University in Sweden now confirms that tau PET images correspond to a higher degree to actual changes in the brain.”