The NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) introduced a new Fact Sheet this week, “Vascular dementia: Exercise, blood flow and the aging brain.” The Fact Sheet highlights Jill Barnes, PhD, assistant professor of kinesiology at UW-Madison, and her NHLBI-supported research into how aging and exercise training alters the responsiveness of blood vessels in the brain. Dr. Barnes was a 2014-2015 recipient of a Wisconsin ADRC Pilot Project Grant.
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Madison, Wisconsin — More than 5 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease. This number is expected to climb to nearly 14 million by 2050, unless doctors and scientists find ways to prevent and treat the disease.
Experts will discuss recent advancements in the race to cure Alzheimer’s disease at the inaugural Science of Successful Aging Summit, April 18-19, 2017, presented by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and the Division of Geriatrics & Gerontology...
Buzz Nordeen is on a mission to help the University of Wisconsin find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. Buzz’s late wife, Nora Nordeen, and his wife, Kit Saunders Nordeen, have both lived with the disease. Buzz recently created the Nora Nordeen and Kit Saunders Nordeen Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund.
"UW Initiative to End Alzheimer's works toward cure" aired on Channel 3 News on February 13, 2017.
A large study of Alzheimer’s disease in the African-American community is among those funded in a series of grants awarded to University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) researchers.
The Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin-Madison have joined forces to win a $5.5 million federal grant to study Alzheimer's disease. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, will combine information from the Human Connectome Project, a large-scale ...
Read more here from the Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee).
Free memory screenings and workshops on caregiving will be part of a University of Wisconsin health event dedicated to raising awareness of Alzheimer's disease in the African-American community.
Read more here from Wisconsin Public Radio.
Talks by a national expert on Alzheimer's disease and a free community screening highlight the annual Solomon Carter Fuller event Feb. 19 and 20. The Black History Month event honors ...
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University of Wisconsin researchers say they've found a treatment to clean up plaques that form in the brain of mice with Alzheimer's disease.
Read more here from channel3000.com (Madison).
"Poetry has been the best aspect of my life because it allows me to interact with people of any age, any background, any race," says Fabu Carter, MA, outreach specialist, Geriatrics and Gerontology and the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Viewing poetry as a potent healing tool ...
Read more here from the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine.
Research released in 2014 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that "participants who engaged in cognitive activities like card games have higher brain volume, in specific regions, compared to peers who played fewer or no games," said Ozioma C. Okonkwo, an assistant professor of medicine at the university and the study's senior author.
Read more here from The New York Times.
