Mad as Hell: Creating a Movement

28 Sunday Sep 2014

Posted by Ann Napoletan in Advocacy and Awareness, Facts & Figures, USAgainstAlzheimer's, Washington, World ALZ Month

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PLEASE contact your representatives… please. If you aren’t sure who or how, click here to find your House representative and here to find your Senate representatives.

We MUST let Washington know that we’re mad as hell and need their support NOW.

When I was in DC at the WomenAgainstAlzheimer’s Out of the Shadows Summit earlier in the month, we heard research leaders Reisa Sperling (Brigham and Women’s, Harvard), Kate Zhong (Cleveland Clinic), and others, talking about the great work being done in labs across the country. Hope is there, we just need funding to match that of the other leading causes of death: cancer, heart disease, and HIV/AIDS.

Don’t think your voice doesn’t count. You + your neighbor + his brother + his co-worker + her neighbor + so on and so on and so on. It’s time to make this a movement, just like the movement to cure cancer and HIV/AIDS. Time is of the essence.

What do we want them to do?

Increase funding for the National Institute on Aging by at least $100 million from the fiscal year 2014 level.
Recognize the immense contributions of family caregivers by enacting the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act.
Honor Legendary Coach and Alzheimer’s champion Pat Summitt with the Congressional Gold Medal.

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The Reality of Younger Onset Dementia

16 Saturday Aug 2014

Posted by Ann Napoletan in Advocacy and Awareness, Early Onset, USAgainstAlzheimer's

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One of the most critical messages in this fight: Dementia is not just a disease of the elderly.

Consider Jim Garner, Michael Ellenbogen, Norrms McNamara, Chris Roberts, and Rick Phelps to name just a few.

Help spread the word…. help to educate the world.

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Could This Biomarker Study Be a Game Changer?

09 Friday May 2014

Posted by Ann Napoletan in Advocacy and Awareness, Events, Helpful Resources, Research, USAgainstAlzheimer's

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Important information and an invitation from George Vradenburg, co-founder and Chairman of USAgainstAlzheimer’s. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to hear directly from a key researcher!

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Researchers have discovered a first-of-its-kind blood test for Alzheimer’s disease that can predict – with 90 percent accuracy – if a healthy person will develop this cruel disease within three years.

Dr. Howard Federoff, the Executive Vice President for Health Sciences and Executive Dean of Georgetown University School of Medicine, led the team and will brief us in our next Alzheimer’s Talks conversation on May 16 on why his biomarker study is a potential game-changer.

The possibility of catching the disease before a patient ever shows symptoms brings us even closer to finding effective means of prevention. A blood test will enable us to identify people who will get Alzheimer’s disease and give them a drug to prevent symptoms. That’s why Dr. Federoff’s work is so essential to moving toward our 2020 goal.

I hope you can join me to be briefed by Dr. Federoff about his preliminary – but potentially consequential – findings and what they could mean to our mission to stop this disease. Click the button below to register for our call on Friday, May 16, from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. ET.

This call is made possible by the generous support of the Zickler Family Foundation. I hope to talk with you soon, and thanks for being a part of our mission to end Alzheimer’s by 2020.

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* Please note that everyone who registers will be called on Friday, May 16 around 1:00 p.m. ETand will be connected automatically to the free teleconference.