In USAgainstAlzheimer's July Alzheimer’s Talks, Dr. Michael Rafii – Medical Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS), Director of the Memory Disorders Clinic and Assistant Professor of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego and Attending Neurologist at the Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center – joined us to discuss his exciting work on the NOBLE and A4 studies, coordinated by the ADCS. With new imaging technology and a greater understanding of the progression of Alzheimer’s guiding clinical trials, there’s hope on the horizon for Alzheimer’s treatment and prevention.

In June’s Alzheimer’s Talks, presented by UsAgainstAlzheimer's, we were joined by Dr. Katrin Andreasson, Professor of Neurology at University of Stanford, who has led groundbreaking research investigating the role of microglia, the brain’s immune cells, in Alzheimer’s disease.

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For May’s Alzheimer’s Talks, USAgainstAlzheimer's partnered with The National Endowment for the Arts and its Interagency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development to examine how the arts, and specifically poetry and storytelling programs, can help improve quality of life for those with Alzheimer's disease. 

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Five years after award-winning journalist Greg O’Brien was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s – the same disease that stole his mother, grandfather, and uncle – he found that, at any given moment, he could be without 60% of his short-term memory. In this Alzheimer’s Talks, Greg shared with us his unique insights as both a caregiver and someone living with this disease.

A discussion with Dr. Mary Newport and Jill Smith, Assistant Director for Clinical Research at the University of South Florida Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute. The USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute is now running the first-ever randomized clinical trial to determine whether anecdotal reports of the effectiveness of coconut oil in treating Alzheimer's can be verified.