by Jimmy Carter | Nov 13, 2018 | Alzheimer’s
Preventing dementia, before it takes hold, has become an area of growing focus for researchers in the Alzheimer’s and dementia fields. The Alzheimer’s Association initiated a new study this year entitled “Study to Protect Brain Health Through Lifestyle Intervention to...
by Jimmy Carter | Nov 9, 2018 | Dementia
Recently, The Washington Post published an opinion column by Ann Norwich about our unpreparedness for the upcoming dementia crisis. She compared the odds of getting dementia to winning the big Powerball lottery last week. The chances of winning the lottery were 1 in...
by Jimmy Carter | Nov 6, 2018 | Dementia
Receiving a dementia or Alzheimer’s diagnosis can be devastating for the individual. There’s an inherent feeling of fear and isolation when this diagnosis has been handed down and an overwhelming sense that you have to go at it alone. It’s important to recognize that...
by Jimmy Carter | Nov 1, 2018 | Alzheimer’s
There is no doubt that receiving the stunning diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or dementia is devastating. While taking time to mourn the life that you are losing is a necessary step in the acceptance process, there comes a time when action is necessary, if not imperative. ...
by Jimmy Carter | Oct 24, 2018 | Dementia, Early-Onset
Alzheimer’s disease and dementia commonly strike after the age of 65. However, there are instances when these conditions occur in people in their 40s and 50s. Always a devastating diagnosis, early onset can be particularly difficult because of its unexpected nature...
by Jimmy Carter | Oct 23, 2018 | Alzheimer’s, Celebrity
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who became the first female justice in 1981, announced Tuesday that she suffers from dementia and is “no longer able to participate in public life.” In a letter released by her family, O’Connor, 88, said she wanted...
by Jimmy Carter | Oct 18, 2018 | Dementia, Vascular Dementia
A stroke happens every 40 seconds and is the leading cause of death in the United States. With these stunning statistics in mind, and the awareness that stroke is the primary cause of vascular dementia, we started our exploration of the topic last week. In our last...
by Jimmy Carter | Oct 11, 2018 | Vascular Dementia
On a previous blog post we laid out one of the main types of dementia, Vascular Dementia, caused by stroke, current estimates claim that 15 to 20% of all dementia cases are in the vascular dementia category. With that in mind, we thought it was a good idea to explore...
by Jimmy Carter | Oct 9, 2018 | Alzheimer’s, Will Contests / Challenging a Will
In February 2018 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made a giant leap in modernizing its approach to its evaluation for new drugs for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurologic disease. This is welcome news to researchers who are searching for medications to...
by Jimmy Carter | Oct 4, 2018 | Alzheimer’s
Back in July we reported that the Bill Gates had launched a new fund to support Alzheimer’s research called Diagnostic Accelerator. The project is a part of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) aims to accelerate bold new ideas for earlier and better...
