by Michelle Johnston · Published December 4, 2017 · Last modified August 20, 2018
Earlier this year, at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Gil Rabinovici from UCSF Memory and Aging Center reported early results from the Imaging Dementia – Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) Study. The goal of...
by Alzheimer's Association · Published November 20, 2017 · Last modified October 22, 2018
Team captains, top walkers, sponsors and volunteers gathered this week to celebrate everyone’s hard work on the Silicon Valley Walk to End Alzheimer’s. At the Thank You Party, we asked some of our fabulous...
Why I Walk: This 6th grader is serious about ending Alzheimer’s When 11-year old Bailey Reis was given a school writing assignment, she went big. She described her dream of curing Alzheimer’s disease, and...
Caregiving / News and notes / Profiles / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Alzheimer's Association · Published September 29, 2017
Danville resident Pam Montana was diagnosed in 2016 with younger onset Alzheimer’s disease. She recently retired from her job at Intel to focus full-time on finding a cure, advocating for funding and raising awareness...
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by Alzheimer's Association · Published September 5, 2017 · Last modified October 25, 2017
Remember those magic eye posters? In the early 90’s we would stare and stare at the maddening pattern, struggling to see the 3D image contained within. Then suddenly, like magic, we would see it....
by Alzheimer's Association · Published June 22, 2017 · Last modified July 5, 2017
Plaques and tangles. Researchers know the presence of amyloid plaques and tau tangles are associated with Alzheimer’s. But these bad actors also show up in other brain diseases. Do the patterns of amyloid and...
It turns out the best activity to lower your risk of Alzheimer’s disease is dance. When she heard this, Nancy Westcott got an idea. Nancy is a board member for the Northern California and...
The Longest Day is all about love. Love for all those affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Between now and June 21st, teams are gathering to help end Alzheimer’s while honoring the longest day of the...
