Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Research
by eedgerly · Published February 3, 2015 · Last modified January 19, 2016
We recently awarded a new investigator research grant to Eli Puterman, assistant professor at the UCSF School of Medicine for his study, “Improving Caregiver’s Daily Lives with Exercise: A Randomized Study”. With a growing...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Research
by eedgerly · Published September 5, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
The Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) is the world’s largest gathering of leading researchers from around the world focused on Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Held in Copenhagen, AAIC 2014 brought together approximately 4,000 leading...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Research
by eedgerly · Published August 21, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
Every year, the Alzheimer’s Association, Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter organizes our Researchers’ Symposium. Organized by our volunteer Medical and Scientific Council, this is a unique event in which leading researchers from across...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Research
by eedgerly · Published August 14, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
The journal Neurology published an article describing the results of a study that confirmed a strong association between low levels of vitamin D and increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in elderly people...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Research
by eedgerly · Published May 9, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
If there was a test that could diagnose Alzheimer’s before the onset of symptoms, would you take it? Most people indicate they’d rather not know. But what if we could intervene in the earliest...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Research
by eedgerly · Published March 3, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
Just last week, we awarded a special type of grant we call an Every Day Technologies for Alzheimer’s Care grant to Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Ph.D., professor of research in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral...
Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver tips / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / News and notes / Newsletter / Research
by eedgerly · Published February 25, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
We’ve all had times when we felt overwhelmed to the point of “losing it.” For me this happened when I badly injured my knee in the Alps and was alone in a hospital where...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director / Research
by eedgerly · Published January 16, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
Many of you have seen headlines in the news that imply there is a new online test for Alzheimer’s disease. Created by researchers at Ohio State University, the test was made available online and...
