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GIV Mobile Will Donate Up To $50 Annually Per Customer to Charity CHICAGO, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PTel Mobile, one of the pioneers in no-contract wireless, launches GIV Mobile today, the first consumer conscious no-contract mobile service that is dedicated to donating 8% of monthly "Unlimited Everything" plans to a non-profit charity of the customer's choice such as the Alzheimer's Association®, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, American Red Cross, United Way Worldwide,...
Weekly show will feature segments on Alzheimer's prevention and treatment, question and answer session for callers' questions MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. William Van Horn, a recognized expert in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, is now hosting a web radio show to share his unique experiences with listeners and answer callers' questions. The "Alzheimer's Answers" talk radio show airs every Wednesday from 7 to 8 pm EST. The webcast is...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Researchers from Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) are reporting significant progress in developing a blood test that can predict the onset of Alzheimer’s in an individual. According to their report in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, the researchers said they have identified several biomarkers that are associated with the toxic build-up of beta amyloid, a brain signaling protein....
GIV Mobile Donates Up to $50 Annually Per Subscriber to Leading Charities Such as the Alzheimer's Association with Their "Unlimited Everything" Plans CHICAGO, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GIV Mobile, the first consumer conscious no-contract mobile service that is dedicated to donating 8% of monthly "Unlimited Everything" plans to a non-profit charity of the customer's choice, will be the Presenting Sponsor at the second annual Hilarity for Charity event. The event will take place...
- Alzheimer's Association Statement - WASHINGTON, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alzheimer's Association commends the Obama Administration for dedicating an additional $100 million within the President's FY 2014 budget toward the fight against Alzheimer's and the implementation of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease. These new resources will be used to fund research, awareness, education and outreach, and caregiver support. "In addition to the human...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Researchers reporting in Tuesday’s issue of JAMA have identified a new gene mutation that nearly doubles the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease in older blacks. The findings come from the largest genome-wide, government-funded study on Alzheimer’s genes in the African-American community. The mutation found in gene ABCA7 is not the first linked to the cognitive disease but does come as a significant breakthrough in...
NEW YORK, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA), a leading national nonprofit organization dedicated to optimal care for people with Alzheimer's disease and their families, today applauded President Obama's announcement to invest $100 million in ground-breaking research that will map the human brain. The "BRAIN" (Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative, an idea that the President first noted in his State...
- Alzheimer's Association Statement - WASHINGTON, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Harry Johns, president and CEO of the Alzheimer's Association, participated in an event at the White House on the Obama Administration's BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative referenced during the State of the Union. A large-scale effort to map brain activity is important in advancing the understanding of complex diseases like Alzheimer's...
(Bankers Life Forget Me Not Days to Benefit the Alzheimer's Association) CHICAGO, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bankers Life and Casualty Company's annual Forget Me Not Days® event to benefit the Alzheimer's Association will tip off on Friday, March 22(nd) at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The first 8,000 fans in attendance for the Indiana Pacers vs. Milwaukee Bucks game will receive a packet of Forget-Me-Not flower seeds to take home and plant in honor of families across...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Stress, hypertension, high blood pressure – no matter what you call it, researchers are warning it can increase the risk of dementia. And by controlling or preventing risk factors that lead to hypertension earlier in life, people may limit or delay the changes in their brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related cognitive declines, according to new research published in JAMA Neurology. The study, led by...
