Alzheimer’s researcher diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease
“Both a grandmother and an aunt of mine had Alzheimer’s disease, so I knew what it looked like – and it frightened me. I had been experiencing some difficulties with memory for some time...
Category: Research
Alzheimer’s Research Breakthroughs to be Unveiled at International Conference
The Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (AAICAD) 2011, the world’s leading forum on dementia research, begins this weekend in Paris, France. As a supporter of the Alzheimer’s Association, we want you to...
Part 3: News/notes from Alzheimer’s Association Researchers’ Symposium at Stanford
The last group of presenters at the Alzheimer’s Association Researchers’ Symposium focused on research about imaging and biomarkers. ...
Part 2: News/notes from Alzheimer’s Association Researchers’ Symposium at Stanford
Before breaking for lunch, the room full of 150 Alzheimer’s researchers and scientists heard from a group of presenters about the latest in clinical and translational neuroscience. Presenters included Dr. Lea Grinberg from UCSF,...
Part 1: News/notes from Alzheimer’s Association Researchers’ Symposium at Stanford
Today, world leaders in Alzheimer’s research have gathered at the Alzheimer’s Association of Northern California and Northern Nevada’s Alzheimer’s Researchers’ Symposium. The Symposium is a place for the brightest minds in Northern California Alzheimer’s...
FDA conditionally recommends approval for amyloid imaging technology
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel last week said that florbetapir (Amyvid), a radioactive dye proposed for use in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) to detect amyloid buildup in the brain, could...
An Early Diagnosis for Alzheimer’s?
Alzheimer’s Association funded scientist Dr. Kristine Yaffe has found a blood test that helped predict cognitive decline in a study of 1,000 older people without dementia. Find out more in this NBC Bay Area...
Think It Over: The research road is rough, but we’ll get there
Cancer, heart disease and AIDS receive 10 to 15 times the Federal funding of Alzheimer’s disease. It’s no coincidence that deaths from all of these conditions declined over the last five years while deaths from Alzheimer’s rose. Research investments have paid off in these areas and it can in Alzheimer’s disease.
