Exciting Alzheimer's Research Presented in Chicago
Since Congress passed the National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA), Alzheimer's and dementia research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has quadrupled. These increases have enabled...
Across the country, state and local public health departments are taking action to fight to end Alzheimer's. One trusted resource they use is The Healthy Brain Initiative: The Public Health Road Map...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recently launched All of Us, a large research program. Part of the Precision Medicine Initiative the mission of All of Us is to speed up health research and...
BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act Reaches Critical Mass in U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
In recent months we've seen our share of successes in Congress. In March, both chambers passed a fiscal year 2018 spending bill which included a landmark $414 million in additional funding for...
Today, I had the pleasure to testify before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), Education and Related Agencies about the need to further...
Is 2018 the Tipping Point in the Fight Against Alzheimer's?
The 2018 midterms may be the most important election in the next decade. The entire U.S. House of Representatives, one third of the U.S. Senate and 36 gubernatorial seats are up in November. Democrats...
In 2017, 16.1 million Americans provided unpaid care for people with Alzheimer's or other dementias. These caregivers provide an estimated 18.4 billion hours of care valued at over $232 billion...
New Biological Research Framework for Alzheimer's Released
The Alzheimer's Association and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) have published a new Research Framework that proposes shifting the definition of Alzheimer's disease for research use only. The...
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Alzheimer's drug development
Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a new guidance document for how researchers can best approach drug development for early Alzheimer's disease. Specifically, the FDA is...
Dementia Care Practice Recommendations Presented on Capitol Hill
Yesterday, the Alzheimer's Association hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill to highlight the Association's 2018 Dementia Care Practice Recommendations. The recommendations are aimed at helping nursing...