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2019-08-04 – For decades, researchers have sought a blood test for beta amyloid, the protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. Several groups and companies have made progress, and on Thursday, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis, including ANA President, Dr. David Holtzman, reported that…
2019-08-04 – The Sentate on Aug. 1 passed the House-passed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (H.R. 3877) by a vote of 67-28, which now awaits the president’s signature. The measure would suspend the debt ceiling through July 31, 2021, and would revise discretionary spending caps in FYs 2020 and 2021. If enacted,…
2019-07-29 – ANA member and chair of the Neurology Department at UCLA David Geffon School of Medicine, S.Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD, discusses the roles of CREB, CCR5, and tonic GABA signaling in memory formation during stroke recovery, as well as other advances in regenerative medicine from his upcoming…
2019-07-29 – As you’ve likely seen, Congressional leadership and the Trump administration July 22 released The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (H.R. 3877), an agreement to raise budget caps for FY 2020 and FY 2021, and to suspend the debt limit until July 31, 2021. The House Budget Committee has also published a …
2019-07-26 – The NIH released a new video that “captures the spirit, mission, community, and the lifesaving work at NIH and the more than 2,500 universities, medical schools, and other research institutions in every state and around the world.” Watch the full video here: We are NIH
2019-07-19 – "Recent advances in the understanding of migraine mechanisms and the availability of new migraine treatments have made the headache field one of the most interesting and exciting neurologic subspecialties.” - Todd Schwedt, MD, Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Board of Directors, Executive…
2019-07-16 – On June 25th, the Boston Red Sox hosted the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Event at the team’s game against the Chicago White Sox to raise awareness about the disease and efforts to identify effective treatment and prevention strategies. The event helped to honor representatives of the research community,…
2019-07-16 – David Holtzman, ANA president and professor and chair of neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, says there is no objective data that specific strategies work aside from a 2015 study conducted in Finland that showed that elderly people who were cognitively normal or had…
2019-07-15 – The Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) will move dementia science forward with a record number of abstracts this year. Roughly 3,000 scientific presentations will be featured at the meeting here from July 14 to 18, with about 6,000 people from more than 70 countries expected to…
2019-07-15 – A healthy lifestyle can cut your risk of developing Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia even if you have genes that raise your risk for these mind-destroying diseases, a large study has found. Learn more here: A healthy lifestyle may offset genetic risk for Alzheimer’s