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November 15 Event Initiative Offers Education, Road to Diagnosis NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In testament to the value of community-based memory screenings, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) today announced that more than 30 leading professional organizations are supporting its annual National Memory Screening Day that will be held this year on November 15. The announcement comes on the heels of a report released earlier this week by Alzheimer's Disease...
HOBOKEN, NJ, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Anavex Life Sciences Corp. ("Anavex") (OTCBB: AVXL) will present the most recent data showing the therapeutic potential of ANAVEX compounds in animal models of Alzheimer's disease at a special symposium of the 34th annual meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society. The symposium is being held in Yokohama, Japan from September 15-17, 2011. Results obtained with ANAVEX 2-73 and ANAVEX1-41 will be outlined by Dr. Tangui Maurice, CNRS...
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "As Alzheimer's Action Day -- September 21st -- approaches, the medical community is being stretched to its limits and overwhelmed with hundreds of new cases every day," says Marie Marley, Ph.D., Kansas City area author of "Come Back Early Today: A Memoir of Love, Alzheimer's and Joy." "At the same time, long-term care facilities are bursting at the seams trying to provide caring homes for these patients. With the aging of the Baby Boomers...
NEW YORK and LONDON, September 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Call for Nations to Support Early Diagnosis and Intervention The World Alzheimer Report 2011, released today by Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI), shows that there are interventions that are effective in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, some of which may be more effective when started earlier, and that there is a strong economic argument in favor of earlier diagnosis and timely intervention....
Public Invited to Join September 12 National Conference Call NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As experts begin to craft a national strategy to defeat Alzheimer's disease, Christopher Nadeau, executive director of the New York Memory Center in Brooklyn, NY, strongly believes that a plan must include funding for local providers to adopt best practices in caregiving from across the country as well as provide care planning to families so they "can get in front of the disease...
MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunrise Senior Living announced today that on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, World Alzheimer's Day, more than 250 Sunrise communities in North America will host Resources to Remember events aimed at educating and supporting those who care for seniors with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of memory loss. "Everyone at Sunrise is proud of our 30 years of helping adults experiencing memory loss and supporting their loved ones," said Mark Ordan, chief...
WATERTOWN, Mass., Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hurricane Irene poses a special threat to some of the area's most vulnerable citizens - those with Alzheimer's disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100112/DC36305LOGO) "In an emergency, people with Alzheimer's may become separated from caregivers who are familiar with their condition and unique needs," said James Wessler, President/CEO of The Alzheimer's Association, MA/NH...
NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Citeline, an Informa business unit, and the world's leading research authority on pharmaceutical clinical trials recently reviewed the findings from the 14th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD 2011/AAIC 2011) July 16-21, 2011, noting that while pharma continues to develop beta amyloid targeting drugs, amyloid targets are moving ahead in terms of biomarkers and early warning for risk of Alzheimer's. According to Dr. Revati Tatake,...
Soliciting Perspectives from the Public to Inform a National Alzheimer's Plan WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Building on the Alzheimer's Association's commitment to provide platforms of engagement for those directly affected by Alzheimer's, today the Association launches a month of public input sessions taking place across the country. The Alzheimer's Association will hold more than 100 input sessions, inviting members of the public and stakeholders from the Alzheimer's...
HOBOKEN, NJ, July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Anavex Life Sciences Corp. ("Anavex") (OTCBB: AVXL) is pleased to provide a summary of its second poster presentation at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) held in Paris, entitled "Preclinical development of new tetrahydrofuran derivatives targeting the sigma-1 chaperone protein as neuroprotectants in Alzheimer's disease." Neuroprotective, anti-amnesic, anti-depressive and anti-convulsive effects have previously...
