“This is the 35th November that has passed since President Ronald Reagan designated it as Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. At that time there were less than two million people with the disease. Reagan himself succumbed to the ravages of Alzheimer’s on June 5, 2004.
Earlier this month, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) released the National Strategy for Recruitment and Participation in Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Research–the culmination of more than two years of research to outline practical, proactive approaches to help study sites engage a wider, more diverse number of volunteers for Alzheimer’s and dementia research.”
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New National Strategy Aims To Up Participation In Alzheimer’s Clinical Studies
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