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AARP Brain Health Survey reveals nearly half of people are not doing the most important activities to support brain health. Click here to read more…

The Washington Post reports on millennials utilizing technology to help with caregiving. Featuring Jan Dougherty (BAI) and Maggie Gonzalez (Alzheimer’s Prevention Registry enrollee). Click here to read more… . . .

Neurology Reviews reports on the 2015 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, with Eric M. Reiman, MD discussing what it will take to end AD within the next 10 years.  Click here to read more… .

TGen’s MindCrowd study is the world’s first research project to harness the power of crowdsourcing to advance Alzheimer’s research. The project is the cover story for the November 2015 issue of Phoenix Magazine. Here is a link to the...

    Studying Alzheimer’s in People with Down Syndrome May Accelerate Scientific Discovery DENVER & CHICAGO, November 9, 2015 – There is increasing evidence that the brain changes of Alzheimer’s disease begin decades before memory and thinking problems occur, prompting...

Representatives of approximately 45 different Native American tribal communities will be in Phoenix this week for the first National Native American Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia. The event is hosted by Banner Alzheimer’s Institute. Nicole Lomay is a...

Barrow Neurological Institute has named Marwan Sabbagh, MD, as the director of its Alzheimer’s and Cognitive Disorders Program. Dr. Sabbagh is one of Arizona’s most admired and respected Alzheimer’s disease physicians and scientists. “I’m thrilled to be joining Barrow...

David W. Coon, PhD discusses music and memory with ASU’s Innovations in Nursing & Health magazine. Click here to read the article.

Amgen and Novartis have announced a partnership for the development of BACE inhibitor drugs, including CNP520, which is being used in the Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative (API) APOE4 trial. This significant investment demonstrates the esteem in with which the API...

Tempe, Arizona (June 10, 2015) – Arizona State University and Banner Health today announced a new research alliance to advance the scientific study, treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. The partnership between Arizona State University...