Alzheimer; News from the web:
A good overview article about the reorganization that is going on in Alzheimer’s land.
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New Jersey splits off
Alzheimer; News from the web:
The ongoing saga of the collapse of the Alzheimer’s society. This will cause confusion and I’m afraid that the well intended move will not help in the near future.
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Fighting Alzheimer’s fear
Alzheimer; News from the web:
People with dementia are still people, and friends and family members shouldn’t ignore them or underestimate their abilities — that’s the message of a new social media campaign from the Alzheimer Society of Canada.
“The day you receive a diagnosis from your doctor, the minute you walk out of that office, you’re no different,” said Maria Howard, the CEO of the Alzheimer Society of B.C.
#StillHere
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call to action
Alzheimer; News from the web:
In a critical, much needed bipartisan effort—thanks to the leadership of Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, Democrat Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, and Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine—the Senate has recommended that federal funding for Alzheimer’s research be increased by $350 million in Fiscal Year 2016. It’s imperative that Congress approves it. CALL YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN!
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Prostate cancer treatment and Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer; News from the web:
Although not undisputed, here is what researchers have just published:
In a study released Monday, the researchers found after analyzing two decades of data that men treated with therapy to suppress their hormones were about 88 percent more likely to get Alzheimer’s during a follow-up period of about three years compared with prostate cancer patients who did not receive the treatment.
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More trouble in Alzheimer Association’s land
Alzheimer; News from the web:
As we feared, the first chapter from the Alzheimer’s Association has decided to disassociate to avoid being centralized. Although there will be pros and cons to centralization and how you run the programs, the thing that will really divide the efforts to combat this terrible disease is when chapters go independent and the Alzheimer’s Association starts a new centralized chapter right next to it to ensure national coverage.
Folks, we are about to waste lots of money, effort and goodwill.
At this moment you have the national Alzheimer’s Association and then there is the New York Chapter and about 53 other chapters. Potentially, if none of them wants to be centralized, there could be around 100 different organizations all trying to accomplish the same. What a waste!
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