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Why One Researcher Fights to End Alzheimer’s Disease
Image caption: Yuriko and me together for a trip to a hot spring. She did not recognize me, but could speak. Since 1985, BrightFocus Foundation’s…
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National Rebuilding Month
National Rebuilding Month is an annual month-long call to service, culminating with National Rebuilding Day, the last Saturday of April (April 27 this year). Last year…
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Rebuilding Together Montgomery County Brings 400+ Volunteers Together to Help 13 Homeowners with Critical Needs and Repairs
Rebuilding Together Montgomery County has provided critical-needs home repair to low-income residents of Montgomery County free of charge for the past 27 years. Last year…
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Family Violence Exists Intergenerationally Within Far Too Many Families
Family Violence exists intergenerationally within far too many families, in the form of: Child abuse and neglect, Spouse and partner abuse (also known as domestic…
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The Diabetes Research Institute: Moving Groundbreaking Research from the Lab to Patients
November is Diabetes Awareness month, and a time to elevate the dialogue about how this disease affects millions of people across the world. For those…
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Join our Quest for an Alzheimer’s Cure
Spotlight on a Worthy Cause Alzheimer’s disease is an overwhelming degenerative condition for individuals and the family members who care for them. Yet there is…
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Hospice: The Best Kept Secret in American Healthcare
Since our founding in 1977, Capital Caring’s mission has been to simply improve care for the more than 1,200 people living with advanced illness that…
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Fostering Worldwide Collaboration to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease
Twenty five years ago, Michael W. Weiner, M.D., decided to make it his life’s mission to find a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. “I had to…
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Changing the Trajectory of Alzheimer’s Disease
The 6th leading cause of death in the US, and the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disorder that irreversibly destroys brain…
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The True Cost of Alzheimer’s Disease and Why Funding Research Now is So Critical
Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, yet it is the only cause of death among the top 10…
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Big Data Confirm Amyloid’s Role in Early Alzheimer’s
In two studies receiving international attention, 2013-16 BrightFocus grantee Rik Ossenkoppele, PhD, of Vrije Universiteit (VU) Medical Center, Amsterdam, and colleagues in the Netherlands have…
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Telling Others That You or a Loved One has Alzheimer’s Disease
There are two scenes in the movie “Still Alice” when Alice or her husband is suddenly confronted with questions about her behavior. The first happened…
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