"Last week, President Trump signed into law the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act, a measure aimed at building a public health model to fight Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. The law would authorize up to $100 million over five years to improve public education, support health and social service agencies’ dementia initiatives, and collect and disseminate data about cognitive decline."
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"My Brain Robbie, a fantastic new initiative to promote brain health among school going children, has been launched through the Pilot Awards for Global Brain Health Leaders, an initiative of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), Alzheimer's Association and Alzheimer's Society UK. The project includes an animated video of a little brain which helps children learn about the eight steps to keeping our brains healthy, along with free educational resources for parents and teachers."
"In the only trial of its kind in the U.S., a Las Vegas doctor is injecting patients with a radioactive liquid and scanning their brains in hopes of discovering the cause of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease."
"In the U.S. alone, Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death, according to the Alzheimer's Association's website, which also states "1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's or another dementia. It kills more than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined." Researchers are using many different approaches to tackle the disease. A surprising one? Mathematics."
"Kathy Griffin’s mother Maggie became a breakout star on the comedian’s reality show, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List . Now, Griffin has shared heartbreaking news about her mom: She has dementia ."
"The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation's (ADDF) Diagnostics Accelerator initiative has announced a new $5 million commitment to projects targeting the development of biomarkers for frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), the most common dementia for people under 60. A new $2.5 million research investment from The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) is being matched by a $2.5 million allocation of the ADDF's Diagnostics Accelerator funds."
"This bill will build out the systems necessary to create a public health infrastructure to combat Alzheimer's disease and promote brain health. The legislation cleared the Senate unanimously on Dec. 12 and will now head to President Trump's desk for his signature."
"'We can all take steps to help prevent Alzheimer's disease or slow its course,' says Dr. Mohammed Ahmed, Neuropsychiatrist and Medical Director of La Jolla's Kaizen Brain Center. 'The trick is knowing who may get the disease and when to take action.' By the time a person develops tell-tale memory symptoms, molecular changes have already been at work in the brain for 15-20 years."
"A bipartisan bill that authorizes $100 million in funding over five years to create a new public health infrastructure to combat Alzheimer’s disease is headed to the president’s desk after being passed Wednesday night by the House of Representatives."
"A disease mystery with no shortage of leads now has an intriguing new one. Since the 1960s, thousands of children in poor, war-torn regions of East Africa have developed epilepsy-like seizures in which their heads bob to their chest; over time, the seizures worsen, cognitive problems develop, and the victims ultimately die. Researchers have proposed causes for nodding syndrome that include malnutrition, parasites, and viruses, but have not proved a clear link to any of them. "