The aging of the U.S. population and the concurrent rise in the number of adults living with dementia underscore the urgent need for a systematic review of the available evidence for care interventions for PLWD and their formal and informal caregivers. The National Institute on Aging commissioned such a review from the Evidence-based Practice Center Program at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
NIH approves a $350 million Alzheimer’s and dementia funding increase for fiscal year 2020.
YMAA was charted in 2015 and is the largest youth-led Alzheimer’s 501 (c)(3) non-profit in the nation.
The disease, called LATE, seems to develop more slowly than Alzheimer’s and to appear later, when people are in their 80s and 90s.
Alzheimer’s disease impacts nearly 6 million Americans. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are working to try and figure out why and whether it can be stopped. They say it may start with a walk around the block.
What do we know about AD and how do we treat it? Dr. Jennifer Lingler and Niki Kapsambelis talk to Ken Rice and Sally Stapleton on KD/PG Sunday edition.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans living with Alzheimer’s are women. Sixty percent of all Alzheimer’s caregivers are women.
In an online article in Live Science staff writer Yasemin Saplakoglu discusses a recent study suggesting a possible cause of Alzheimer’s disease.
The BRiTE (Brain Training and Exercise) Center mission is to promote the overall health and wellness of older adults who want to optimize their level of cognitive, social, and physical functioning.
Melita Terry, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Outreach Coordinator and Dr. Annie Cohen, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, both at the University of Pittsburgh, spoke about Alzheimer’s disease at the Urban League Lunch and Learn in February, 2018.
Brain Day is an all-day event that brings together experts from around Pitt to share their work in neuroscience with not only their colleagues, but with the patient advocacy community.
A new clinical trials consortium funded by the National Institutes of Health is expected to accelerate and expand studies for therapies in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Bill Gates spoke with CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta about why he plans on donating $50 million of his own money to the Dementia Discovery Fund.
Dr. Jennifer Lingler awarded $2.6 million by the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study addressing racial disparities in Alzheimer’s disease research.
Gary Rothstein of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on the release of a comprehensive report that analyzed how people might be able to prevent dementia.
Dr. William Klunk joined Niki Kapsambelis on an interview with Liz Reid on WESA 90.5, Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station to discuss Alzheimer research in early April.
With a new blood test, Pitt researchers are hoping to determine whether the content of someone’s blood could indicate if their learning and memory abilities are in danger of diminishing.
Eight years ago Niki Kapsambelis wrote a feature in the ADRC Fall Newsletter about the DeMoe family, a family of ADRC research participants with a rare genetic version of Alzheimer’s Disease.
ADRC receives $500,000 endowment from the Joseph & Ligia Wiegand Family Foundation
The University of Pittsburgh has started a new Brain Exercise and Training Wellness Program called BRiTE.
Cynthia Patton, journalist spoke with Dr. Oscar Lopez, director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh.
Hugh Papke has been a caregiver for his wife Doris who has had Alzheimer’s for 11 years. Doris is a former participant of the ADRC at the University of Pittsburgh.
The Barcelona-Pittsburgh Symposium on Dementia is held biannually in Barcelona.
