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The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation’s® (GAP) 2023 Citizen Scientist Award© recipients include a philanthropic Mustang enthusiast, an “old-school” Veteran, an innovative volunteer with Parkinson’s disease and an Alzheimer’s advocate/ inspirational study partner. WASHINGTON, DC (Feb. 19, 2024) — Today, the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) proudly announced the 2023 National Citizen Scientist Awards® elevated honorees.  […]

Sarasota Researchers Hold FREE Bilingual Memory Screening for Community on Saturday, February 3 Intercoastal Medical Group Neurology & Research Clinic of Sarasota is hosting a FREE memory screening for individuals 50+ to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s Disease Intercoastal Medical Group Neurology and Research Clinic will hold a free memory screening event on Saturday, February 3, […]

The medications have not been widely tested in Black people with the disease,underscoring stark — and persistent — disparities By Laurie McGinley, January 29, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST ABINGTON, Pa. — Wrapped in a purple blanket, Robert Williford settles into a quiet corner of abustling neurology clinic, an IV line delivering a colorless liquid […]

By Evyn Moon, PublishedJanuary 23, 2024 9:42AM, Health, FOX 13 News TAMPA, Fla. – A blood test could soon be used to identify a type of protein that is linked to Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms arise with 97% accuracy, a new study shows.  The study involves testing blood for biomarkers that could build up in the brain. The testing could […]

Reporter: Taylor Wirtz Writer: Rachel Murphy Published: December 20, 2023 Alzheimer’s is a constant struggle for some families. The Neuropsychiatric Research Center of Southwest Florida held free memory screenings for recognizing memory loss early. Amy Schenk, community outreach leader of the Neuropsychiatric Research Center, said the earlier you find out about Alzheimer’s, the more you can do to […]

WGCU | By Bryant Monteilh Published December 18, 2023 at 7:06 PM EST In Florida, one out of five residents is older than 65 and they have become one of the fastest growing in the state. Florida also has one of the fastest rising rates of Alzheimer’s dementia — 580,000 Floridians aged 65 and older are living […]

The House of Representatives has passed The Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act. GAP is celebrating this exciting news and commends all who helped to make this monumental achievement possible. We are grateful for the leadership of the House in ensuring that this legislation passed, especially from U.S. […]

We thank J&J for their leadership as they announced new efforts to combat Alzheimer’s disease, specifically their vaccine trial. In taking on this tau antibody and a tau-targeting vaccine, J&J is bringing hope to those impacted by Alzheimer’s disease, and addressing the need for cutting-edge research by launching this exciting trial. We are grateful for […]

The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) thanks trailblazer Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female to serve as a U.S Supreme Court Justice. While she paved the way for women leaders, she also raised awareness of the challenges of caregiving when she admirably retired from the Supreme Court in 2006 to care for her husband who […]

Atlanta News First- By Sawyer Buccy Published: Nov. 29, 2023 at 4:51 PM EST|Updated: 15 hours ago ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – You probably know someone whose life has been impacted in one way or another by Alzheimer’s. Some people are fighting to find ways to slow the progression of the disease through clinical trials. One Georgia […]

The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) thanks the First Lady for the grace and dignity she showed before and after President Carter’s term, and even more so these past six months after bravely announcing her dementia diagnosis. We join many around the world mourning her loss while acknowledging her quiet, positive impact over her 96 years.  […]

By JOANN GREER November 18, 2023 at 5:30 a.m. My husband and I know first-hand the toll that Alzheimer’s Disease has as we have cared for a mom and stepfather who lived with Alzheimer’s Disease before they passed away. With it being National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregiver’s Month, we would like to […]

We applaud First Lady Jill Biden and the White House Gender Policy Council on the first ever initiative on Women’s Health Research, with a focus on ‘engaging the scientific, private sector, and philanthropic communities’. GAP is committed to ensuring that clinical research includes all people, and that includes ensuring that women are equally represented. We […]

POSTED ON NOVEMBER 10, 2023 by WMNF BY COLLEEN COLE More than 580,000 individuals in Florida are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease. Next Thursday, individuals 50 years and older are going to be provided free health screenings in recognition of National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month at a Senior Brain Health Expo. According to a press release from […]

Today, the US Senate confirmed President Biden’s nominee for National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director, Monica Bertagnolli, MD, who will lead the country’s top medical research institute. “We are thrilled that the US Senate has confirmed Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as the new Director of the NIH, as she is an esteemed leader with an impressive career […]

His wife, Joann, is a retired nurse and also knew that research was going to be the way forward for them and for future generations.   To find out about studies near you, go to K2Med.com or Fastertrials.org to find sites around the US.

Washington D.C., Oct 23, 2023- Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation, (GAP) is pleased to share that new data from the ground-breaking blood-based and digital biomarker platform study, Bio-Hermes, will be shared by study partner Dr. Robin Wolz, of IXICO, at the 16th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference. The data will be presented at Symposium […]

‘Coming in and just answer some questions, and seeing if there’s something that needs to be investigated,’ By: Victor Jorges WPTV5 DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — A Palm Beach County research organization is helping people with their memory for free. Brain Matters Research in Delray Beach is hosting free memory screenings on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 […]

Brain Matters Research and Neuropsychiatric Research Center of Southwest Florida take Alzheimer’s Disease clinical research on the road By Staff | Oct 4, 2023 Brain Matters Research and Neuropsychiatric Research Center of Southwest Florida will be driving clinical research into the community as they introduce the Memory Machine to Fort Myers. The new Memory Machine will allow […]

People with Down syndrome helped scientists pave the way for Alzheimer’s drugs but are now left out of the treatment. By Hampus Hillerstrom and Jo Ann Simons  The clinical trials for new Alzheimer’s disease treatment drugs — which researchers believe will slow the course of the disease over time — offer hope to thousands of […]

By Sydney RoellSARASOTA COUNTY,  Fla. (SNN) — In honor of Sept. 21 being World Alzheimer’s Day, a group of Sarasota researchers hosted a free bilingual memory screening. Intercoastal Medical Group Neurology and Research Clinic offered their free, confidential memory screening in English and Spanish on Thursday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Robert L. Taylor […]

By Janet Lee – Washington Post Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with any advertisers on this site. Doing puzzles, playing memory-boosting games, taking classes and reading are activities that we often turn to for help keeping our brains sharp. But research is showing that what you eat, how often you exercise and the type of exercise you do […]

Free, bilingual screening on World Alzheimer’s Day Intercoastal Medical Group Neurology and Research Clinic will hold a free, bilingual?memory?screening event on World Alzheimer’s Day on Sept. 21 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Robert L. Taylor Community Complex, 1845 John Rivers St., in Sarasota. The goal of the confidential? screening in English and Spanish […]

Revolutionary Studies, Record Breaking Collaboration, and Promising News on Biomarker Studies Top the Charts at AAIC   Washington D.C., Aug 31, 2023— Researchers and leaders from the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) assembled with the world’s leading Alzheimer’s researchers, patient advocates, and clinicians at the annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC). From the memorable week, […]