Posts Tagged ‘Alzheimer’s Disease’
URI Researchers Get Funding for Groundbreaking Alzheimer’s Disease Research
The University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Ryan Institute for Neuroscience, gets funding approval of groundbreaking clinical trail targeting the blood vessels in Alzheimer’s Disease, to slow the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most pressing global health challenges. 5.2 million Americans are affected by the disease, with costs of care estimated…
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November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
November is designated as Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. President Ronald Reagan made that designation in 1983 and this it is something that is still recognized today. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, at that time there were less than two million people with the disease. In the Ocean State, more than 23,000 Rhode Islanders are living with…
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Sandra Day O’Connor Battles Dementia
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, 88, released a statement yesterday announcing that physicians have diagnosed her with the early stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer’s disease and the progression of the dementia is forcing her to retire from public life Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, O’Connor was the first woman to serve…
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Actress Gay Harden, an Alzheimer’s Caregiver, Testifies Before Senate Aging Panel
Last week, Academy Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden, who recently published a personal memoir, “The Seasons of My Mother: A Memoir of Love, Family, and Flowers,” detailing her relationship with her mother who is living with Alzheimer’s and the effect of the disease on her mother and her family, came to Capitol Hill to urge…
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Encouraging Earlier Conversations About Alzheimer’s Disease
This month, the Alzheimer’s Association, a volunteer health organization that focuses on care, support and research for Alzheimer’s Disease, joins together with persons in the early stages of the disease to encourage families to talk about memory and cognition concerns sooner rather than in the disease’s later stages. They personally know the many benefits…
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