ADRC News

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Addressing higher Alzheimer's rates in African Americans

Nearly 200 people attended the annual Solomon Carter Fuller Brain Health Brunch on April 6, 2024, at TPC Wisconsin in Madison. The yearly event aims to build awareness of Alzheimer’s disease in the African American community.
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Researchers are looking at new ways to test memory using smartphones

Lindsay Clark, PhD, and Sterling Johnson, PhD, examined data collected through the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP) and the German longitudinal study DELCODE, which determined that smartphone task performance could be used to identify those with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
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Dr. Sanjay Asthana and Dean Robert Golden publish Wisconsin ADRC accomplishments in Wisconsin Medical Journal

The article, published in the February 2024 issue, mentions several studies, researchers and other accomplishments from the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC).
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Dr. Nathaniel Chin featured in The New England Journal of Medicine video series

Nathaniel Chin, MD, discusses new therapies, early detection, screening and managing different stages of dementia for Alzheimer’s disease in a two-part video series produced by The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Testing senses and motor skills in midlife may help predict later cognitive impairment

When researchers test motor skills, hearing, vision and smell in people in their midlife, they are better able to identify those who may develop cognitive decline or impairment 10 years later, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
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Dr. Nathaniel Chin emphasizes understanding Alzheimer's vs. dementia in OpEd

Nathaniel Chin, MD, penned a guest essay recently featured in Newsday explaining how emerging Alzheimer’s treatments raise the stakes for understanding the distinction between Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
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Drs. Sanjay Asthana, Sterling Johnson, Amy Kind highlighted in rankings for NIH funding

Researchers from the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center ranked highly in the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research’s rankings for funding from the National Institutes on Health.
A photo of a panel at the POLITICO 'How Fast Can We Cure Alzheimer's' event. From left to right, POLITICO FDA reporter Laura Gardner, Gerontological Society of America representative Karen Tracy, UsAgainstAlzheimer's co-founder George Vrandenburg and Dr. Nathaniel Chin (shown virtually on a screen)

Dr. Nathaniel Chin speaks at POLITICO’s ‘How Fast Can We Solve Alzheimer’s’ event

Dr. Nathaniel Chin participated in POLITICO’s ‘How Fast Can We Solve Alzheimer’s’ event with advocates and legislators to discuss the path forward for better collaboration among health systems and industry.
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Developments in blood tests for detecting Alzheimer’s disease proteins

A recent study published by JAMA Neurology found that a blood test performed as well as lumbar punctures for sampling cerebrospinal fluid.
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AA-FAIM study featured on Spectrum News 1

The news report interviews a participant enrolled in the African Americans Fighting Alzheimer’s in Midlife (AA-FAIM) study and describes the health disparities in Alzheimer’s disease.