• Health Awareness Day Symposium & Vendor Fair – May 18th 2019

    Black Americans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Early screening, prevention strategies and caring for escalating numbers of African Americans projected to develop the disease require community awareness and action.

    Join the Greater Washington Urban League Guild as we explore:
    *Strategies for prevention and intervention
    *Care systems and caregiver support
    *Latest research
    *Policy initiatives

    Saturday, May 18, 2019
    12 Noon – 3 pm
    First Congregational United Church of Christ (next to MLK Main Library)
    945 G Street, N.W. | Washington, DC

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  • So Far, Just One Thing Has ‘Experimental Support’ In Staving Off Alzheimer’s

    “I tell people to go to the gym three to four times a week if they want to prevent Alzheimer’s.” And that along with a healthy diet may well be all we have for now in the wake of so many failed attempts at treating or curing the disease. Still, scientists like Dr. R. Scott Turner, who directs the Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University Medical Center, are far from giving up the fight.

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  • Caregiver Bootcamp 04.06.19 – Insight Memory Care Center

    Come hear from the MDP’s Melanie Chadwick, RN, MS, NP and other experts in their fields, and learn more
    about essential caregiving topics, all in one place!

    A continental breakfast and lunch
    will be provided free of charge!

    RSVP
    Please RSVP to Lindsey Vajpeyi at
    lindsey.vajpeyi@insightmcc.org or
    703-204-4664. Or register online at
    InsightMCC.org.

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  • Preparing For A Treatment: Alzheimer’s Diagnosis & Care

    The Hill will convene key lawmakers, health officials, industry stakeholders, researchers, physicians, patients, and their advocates to continue the conversation about preparing the American health care delivery system for the possibility of a groundbreaking advancement in the treatment of Alzheimer’s. Speakers include Dr. Raymond Turner from the MDP, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC).

    Watch the event recording: ustream.tv/recorded/118452841

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  • Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announces she is withdrawing from public life because of dementia

    Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor revealed in a letter on Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with the “beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer’s disease.”

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  • SEMINAR: Brain Health – What’s New, What Can You Do?

    Changes in how we think are inevitable as we age, but do you know what is normal as opposed to when you should be concerned? Many of us are not doing all we can to protect and nurture our brains.

    Brigid Reynolds, NP, a researcher on brain health at Georgetown University, will discuss this topic in detail and provide tips on how to keep your brain healthier. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

    You can also visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1928617860559338/?active_tab=about

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  • Studies in Healthy Older People Aim to Prevent Alzheimer’s

    PHOENIX (AP) — It may be too late to stop Alzheimer’s in people who already have some mental decline. But what if a treatment could target the very earliest brain changes while memory and thinking skills are still intact, in hope of preventing the disease? Two big studies are going all out to try.

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  • Alzheimer’s Research Receives Largest Ever Funding Boost in 2019 Budget

    WASHINGTON, D.C., September 28, 2018 —The largest-ever funding increase for Alzheimer’s and dementia research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was signed into law today. The $425 million increase was advocated for by the Alzheimer’s Association, the Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM) and its nationwide network of dedicated advocates.

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  • A healthier heart may mean a healthier mind, new study shows

    It turns out maintaining low blood pressure does not just help prevent heart attacks — it can also keep your mind sharp.
    Research presented Wednesday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Chicago found that at-risk people whose blood pressure was kept lower than the recommended level had a significant reduction in mild cognitive impairment (MCI), the precursor to dementia.

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  • New Alzheimer’s Drug Slows Memory Loss in Early Trial Results

    The long, discouraging quest for a medication that works to treat Alzheimer’s reached a potentially promising milestone on Wednesday. For the first time in a large clinical trial, a drug was able to both reduce the plaques in the brains of patients and slow the progression of dementia.
    More extensive trials will be needed to know if the new drug is truly effective, but if the results, presented Wednesday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Chicago, are borne out, the drug may be the first to successfully attack both the brain changes and the symptoms of Alzheimer’s.

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