Winter Edition - February 2026 February is American Heart Health Month and, as we know, what's good for the heart is good for the brain! Alzheimer's disease shares many of the same risk factors as heart disease. Plus, heart disease, stroke, and related complications can cause vascular dementia. This affects blood vessels in the brain [...]
TCADRD FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Austin, Texas (February 13, 2017). The Texas Council on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (Council) is pleased to announce a new program, “Texas Cares,” a model for memory capable communities and support for family caregivers, developed and administered through Baylor Scott and White Health and Texas A&M School of Public Health. [...]
Press contact: Texas Council on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Debbie Hanna, Chair [email protected] 512-461-8185 AUSTIN, TX (Feb. 1) – The Texas Council on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (TCADRD) announced Friday that the Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) has been elected to full membership and participation in the prestigious Texas Alzheimer’s Research and [...]
Local researcher lands federal grant for Alzheimer's study Sid O'Bryant at UNT Science Center, holds a vial of blood in the lab. O'Bryant recently was awarded a $625,000 National Institute on Aging grant for his blood screening work. Carolyn Poirot Reporter Texas researchers have developed a blood test to screen for Alzheimer’s disease, [...]
The Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative (API) announced the first-ever prevention trial in cognitively healthy individuals who are destined to develop Alzheimer’s disease because of their genetic history. This groundbreaking study—the first to investigate whether an anti-amyloid treatment can stave off the disease—will span two countries and help launch a new era of prevention research in the [...]
Pauline Anderson November 16, 2011 (San Diego, California) There is growing evidence pointing to the memory-enhancing effect of a nutritional intervention (Souvenaid, NV Nutricia), at least in the early stages of dementia. The results of a clinical trial called Souvenir II, released here at the 4th International Conference on Clinical Trials in Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD), [...]
Fran Lowry November 30, 2011 (Chicago, Illinois) — People who eat baked or broiled fish every week may reduce their risk of developing mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease, according to research presented here at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. The finding does not apply to fried [...]
by Megan Brooks January 12, 2012 - Maintaining a physically activee lifestyle may be particularly beneficial in reducing the risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the individuals most at risk: those with the ε4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene. In a study of cognitively normal adults, exercising at levels recommended by the American [...]
by Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for Alzheimer's disease: Development of effective ways to treat and prevent the mind-destroying illness by 2025. The Obama administration is developing the first National Alzheimer's Plan to find better treatments for the disease and offer better day-to-day care for [...]