A podcast discussing Alzheimer’s disease – research, risk prevention, and other related topics. Robert Herriman is joined by Phil Sabel, M.A., the Clinical Research Coordinator at GAP-Net site Axiom Clinical Research in Tampa. Click here to listen to the June 13, 2019 episode. […]
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Is an Alzheimer’s Cure on the Horizon?
By the time I was old enough to ask my grandmother questions about her life, it was too late. All I had were skeletons of stories I heard from my mom. I knew that it had been difficult for my grandmother when her parents, Irish immigrants on the vaudeville circuit, left her behind to help […]
8 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Alzheimer’s (and Maybe Help Researchers Find a Cure Faster)
The threat of Alzheimer’s disease looms over an aging America, but could a cure be in the offing? And if so, how soon? Experts say the answer is “yes” — and by the year 2025. That’s the date they’re shooting for, anyway. Much as President Kennedy once vowed to send a man to the moon […]
Dr. Anna Burke Named 2019 Healthcare Innovator of the Year
AzBusiness recognized Dr. Anna Burke as its 2019 Healthcare Innovator of the Year for her work in treating the behavioral and psychiatric disturbances that result from Alzheimer’s disease as well as her work building a community outreach program in the Phoenix area to teach people about brain health, Alzheimer’s, and clinical research. Dr. Burke is […]
When It Comes to Alzheimer’s, Important Changes Are Coming for MA Beneficiaries
The majority of experts agree that because Alzheimer’s disease is significantly underdiagnosed and underreported, a large number of people may not know they have it. We have both spoken at length about the importance of early detection and diagnosis to allow for earlier interventions and care planning along with a broad array of methods and […]
Alzheimer’s Disease Trials: Where Do We Go From Here?
The Alzheimer’s disease space is not an easy one for pharma companies to navigate. In 2018 alone, Lundbeck, Takeda, Merck, Janssen, AstraZeneca, and Eli Lilly and Company all faced setbacks or poor trial results. In March 2019, we learned that Biogen and Eisai also terminated late-phase studies. Fortune magazine notes few spaces in the life […]
In Year Three, GAP Trial Network Is Starting to Hum
Outside the daffodils and forsythia were blooming, but the group assembled in Nashville, Tennessee, hardly took notice. At the GAP-Net Site Optimization Conference, held February 27–March 1, representatives of 61 academic and private clinical trial sites had eyes and minds trained on efforts aiming to improve how Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials are done—and after years […]
Addressing the GAPs in Alzheimer’s Trials, Treatment
The Global Alzheimer’s Platform (GAP) Foundation, an organization dedicated to improving Alzheimer’s clinical trials in the quest of a cure, has just wrapped the GAP-NET Site Optimization Conference in Nashville. The Feb. 27-March 1 meeting brought together approximately 150 representatives from its network of Alzheimer’s clinical research sites. The third annual GAP-NET conference attracted the […]
Boosting Alzheimer’s trial participation via Medicare Advantage “memory fitness programs”
Clinical trials represent future hope for patients seeking better care, and there is no disease more in need of better care than Alzheimer’s disease. While death rates among most cancers, as well as heart disease, HIV-related illness, and other categories, have declined in the past decade, there has been no progress for Alzheimer’s disease. Better […]
A Cure for Alzheimer’s is Not Possible Without You
There are many open, important clinical trials in Tennessee right now targeting Alzheimer’s disease and related conditions. It’s been 18 months since Nashville legend Glen Campbell died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Glen and his family bravely shared his heartbreaking journey in the hope of inspiring better care and research for the disease, […]