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UAB Alzheimer’s Research Center Nets $21M NIH Grant 

By Austin Montgomery |

Shortly after officially opening its Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced receiving a $21.4 million federal grant to expand its dementia research efforts.  The five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will further research of dementia disparities in the U.S. Southeast region, which carry a 20% to 30% […]

Alzheimer's Care

60 Minutes: Alzheimer’s Trial Holds Out Possibility of ‘Routine Prevention’

By Alana Stramowski |

One family with a history of a single genetic mutation traced back to the early 1900s in Colombia may give the rest of the world some answers about the neurodegenerative condition Alzheimer’s disease. Any cure or treatment breakthrough for Alzheimer’s would have major implications for senior living providers, which commonly provide memory care support to those […]