Alzheimer's champions / Alzheimer's research news / News and notes
by Alzheimer's Association · Published January 26, 2011 · Last modified April 14, 2014
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel last week said that florbetapir (Amyvid), a radioactive dye proposed for use in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) to detect amyloid buildup in the brain, could...
Alzheimer's research news / News and notes
by Alzheimer's Association · Published January 20, 2011 · Last modified April 14, 2014
Alzheimer’s Association funded scientist Dr. Kristine Yaffe has found a blood test that helped predict cognitive decline in a study of 1,000 older people without dementia. Find out more in this NBC Bay Area...
Alzheimer's research news / Bill, Area Leader / News and notes
by wmfisher · Published August 24, 2010 · Last modified April 14, 2014
Cancer, heart disease and AIDS receive 10 to 15 times the Federal funding of Alzheimer’s disease. It’s no coincidence that deaths from all of these conditions declined over the last five years while deaths from Alzheimer’s rose. Research investments have paid off in these areas and it can in Alzheimer’s disease.
