Roundtable Brief #3 Defining Brain Health

What is brain health, exactly, and why should business leaders care?

Roundtable Brief #1: The Case for Private Sector Engagement in Brain Health

DOWNLOAD BRIEF About the Business Collaborative for Brain Health The Business Collaborative for Brain Health is a group of private sector partners developing innovative solutions to optimize cognitive health throughout the lifespan. The Collaborative’s mission is to build brain health capital by advancing measurably effective brain healthy workplaces, communities, and product and service innovations. The Collaborative’s premise is that promoting brain health is essential to growing the U.S. our economy, strengthening national security, and improving health and well-being. Our nation relies on brainpower more than ever before to solve critical challenges and drive innovation. Profound demographic and technological shifts have

Eating for the Future: Women's Midlife Diets Shape Later-Life Brain Health and Memory

Plant-based diet promotes later life brain health in women.

Memory: “A Bit of a Dunce”

“I could while away the hours, conferrin' with the flowers “Consultin' with the rain…. “And my head I'd be scratchin' while “my thoughts were busy hatchin' “If I only had a brain….” —Yip Harbung, lyrics, ‘If I only had a brain,’ Wizard of Oz, 1939 While we all have a brain, one not made of straw, memory itself can be deceptive. “While memory is king, it is also a bit of a dunce,” says close friend Lisa Genova, Harvard-educated neuroscientist, author of yet another New York Times Bestseller, “ Remember: The Science of Remembering and The Art of Forgetting", published

Q&A with UsA2 Brain Health Equity Intern Sofia Arraut

During Hispanic Heritage Month, we have been featuring researchers, civil rights leaders, and people living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias on UsAgainstAlzheimers’ (UsA2) Twitter and Facebook accounts. Today we want to feature one of the youngest members on our team working to address Alzheimer’s in Latino communities. Sofia Natalia Arraut is a paid intern with our Brain Health Equity and Access program and attends Florida International University (FIU) where she is studying Nutritional Science with a Chemistry minor on a pre-medicine track. Too often, people think of Alzheimer’s as a disease that only affects older people, but its impacts are

Alzheimer’s: Moving from a Wish and a Prayer to Hope and a Plan

In 2013, more than one hundred scientists from 36 countries called upon governments of highly industrialized nations to make prevention of dementia one of their major health aims. Nearly a decade later none of nations in the G8 at that time has done this, despite the increasing cadence of strong evidence that protective measures and risk reduction steps are effective in delaying onset of dementia and in some cases, preventing it. The Economist stated it unequivocally: dementia is a global emergency and governments should act now. Millions of families deserve better information and swift action. Setting a national goal to

Mandy Moore and a Show for All of Us – This is Us

When I think back to Season 4 of This is Us, I’m reminded of the overwhelming emotion that I felt watching as Mandy Moore’s character, Rebecca was hearing for the first time that she had mild cognitive decline. Beside her was her son Randall. At that moment, I remember thinking, “FINALLY” – there on the screen of a major television show seen by millions, a conversation has begun. Alzheimer’s disease is coming out of the shadows. And now Mandy Moore, This is Us and Alzheimer’s are getting more attention with a cover story in the new issue of Parade. She’s

This American Heart Month, Give Your Brain Some Love

Give your brain some love – and take care of your heart at the same time.

A possible path to earlier detection of Alzheimer’s

Imagine a future in which healthcare providers conduct regular cognitive assessments of their patients, creating an information baseline that would enable them to better detect and diagnose Alzheimer’s at its earliest stages, potentially before symptoms even emerge.

It’s time to pick up the pace on Alzheimer’s prevention

It’s time that we own up to a harsh reality: Our nation’s healthcare and economic systems are not prepared for the toll that dementia and Alzheimer’s are expected to take on America’s aging population. Given the latest trends in demographic data, there is growing concern that the U.S. is failing to focus on brain health and ways to potentially prevent the devastating impact of Alzheimer’s disease that is currently on pace to hit millions of American families. UsAgainstAlzheimer’s has been sounding the alarm on these issues, promoting more attention to brain health, and urging more aggressive steps on prevention. And