In honor of National Diabetes Month, the Fall 2021 Newsletter is chock full of information on managing diabetes to help sustain brain health. Get news about Alzheimer’s.gov which is now available in Spanish, learn about upcoming events, and find helpful tools and resources. Read more by clicking the link below.
Read the Summer 2021 Newsletter to get updates on the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, news about research on pollution and brain conditions, upcoming events, and tools you can use. Learn more by clicking the link below.
Volume 2, Issue 3: Summer 2021
Language sample analysis may help predict future Alzheimer’s disease in people who are cognitively normal, suggesting that language patterns may be an early, detectable biomarker for the disease. Published in EClinicalMedicine, researchers at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center and Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development analyzed written language samples and were able to predict Alzheimer’s disease more than seven years before the diagnosis.
For the first time in almost 18 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new treatment — Aduhelm, also known as aducanumab — for Alzheimer’s disease, and a first targeted treatment for patients. With this approval, Aduhelm becomes the first disease-modifying therapy for Alzheimer’s, and the first such therapy to come under FDA review.
Common symptoms of dementia, including memory and cognitive problems, can lead people with dementia to have trouble handling money and paying bills. Repeated financial mistakes can be an early sign of the disease. Scientists at Johns Hopkins University linked Medicare claims data to credit card payments and credit reports to examine dementia-related money problems.
Our Spring 2021 newsletter welcomes Dr. Patrick McPhail Martin, new interim director of our partner organization, the Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s, Aging and Community Health (COAACH). We also share research updates in the field of brain health, helpful resources, and upcoming events. Please plan to join our Longest Day Brain Health Heroes Team on June 20th to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease. Read more by clicking the link below.
The Winter 2021 Newsletter from the NC Registry for Brain Health includes a link to provide your ideas and feedback about what you would like to learn from a brain health expert, a progress report from Dementia Capable North Carolina, and information sharing a big honor of one of our leaders during Black History Month. Click here to read more, and get updates on upcoming events and resources.
The NC Registry for Brain Health welcomes Dr. Andrea Bozoki from UNC-Chapel Hill, remembers a longtime partner, and shares upcoming events, tools and resources. Read our Fall 2020 newsletter here.
The NC Registry for Brain Health is continuing our work during the COVID-19 pandemic, and recently had the opportunity to share our work on an international stage. Read more in our Summer 2020 newsletter: Vol 1, Issue 3: Summer 2020
Our Spring 2020 Newsletter includes updates on the NC Registry for Brain Health, helpful resources and information about upcoming events relevant to bran health. Read the issue here:
