BU CTE expert Ann McKee receives $10 million grant for comprehensive study of how repetitive head impacts, traumatic brain injuries contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Click HERE to read more!
Contributed by ADC ORE Core Leaders at Oregon Health Sciences University We are addressing this to all the family members and friends who provide care for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and similar dementias. The care you provide is always vital to the quality of life and well-being of that person. The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) […]
Reverend Al Sharpton lost his mother Ada to #Alzheimers disease. Today, Reverend Sharpton is a vocal advocate for clinical trial participation to find treatments for Alzheimer’s. Who inspired you to become a clinical trial volunteer? Watch Reverend Sharpton’s story
Excellent read by Andrew E. Budson, MD on his Psychology Today blog! He discusses why behavior deteriorates in dementia! Check it out! Click here to read more!
Why Didn’t She Get Alzheimer’s? The Answer Could Hold a Key to Fighting the Disease
In dramatic turn, Biogen seeks FDA approval for experimental Alzheimer’s drug Click HERE to learn more.
This week’s Coming Home Well podcast features Dr. Ann McKee talking veterans, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy & Traumatic Brain Injury – Click HERE to listen.
Ann McKee, a William Fairfield Warren professor, described the path that led her to become a physician and scientist and how she came to research chronic traumatic encephalopathy during her address at the School of Medicine MD/PhD Convocation May 16.
Researchers led by Boston University have taken a step forward in finding a way to diagnose the degenerative brain disease known as CTE in living people, advancing the understanding of an illness that now can only be confirmed after death.
The work of Dr. Rhoda Au, a researcher with the BU Alzheimer’s Disease Center and CTE Center, has caught the attention of Bill Gates. In a recent blog, Gates wrote, “I recently met a researcher named Rhoda Au who is working on some seriously cool ways to detect Alzheimer’s. If her research proves successful, we […]