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Register today for ASK THE DOC in partnership with Senator Pat Bates’ South OC Senior Day

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Please join UCI MIND on Friday, March 9 at Norman P. Murray Senior Center for an ASK THE DOC Q&A session at South OC Senior Day, in partnership with Senator Pat Bates and Assemblyman Bill Brough. Bring your questions about brain health, Alzheimer’s disease and memory loss, diagnosis and treatment, research advances, and more to a panel of expert clinicians and scientists from UCI MIND, Orange County’s only state and federally designated Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center: www.mind.uci.edu There is no cost to attend. Register today at www.seniordayoc.com or call 949.598.5850. Click here for Event Details> Moderator: Ruth Benca, MD, PhD, Professor…
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The 90+ Study finds link between moderate Alcohol Consumption and Longevity

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UCI MIND faculty investigator, Dr. Claudia Kawas, presented findings from The 90+ Study at the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual conference this past weekend, highlighting the link between moderate alcohol consumption and longevity. In an observational study of participants age 90 and older, Dr. Kawas and her team found that consuming about two glasses of beer or wine daily was associated with 18% reduced risk of premature death. Findings also suggest regular exercise, social and cognitive engagement, and a few extra pounds in older age are associated with longevity. To learn more about The 90+ Study, click HERE or contact 949.768.3635 or study90@uci.edu.…
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Bill Gates reveals personal reason he’s helping fight Alzheimer’s disease

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Bill Gates with father, Bill Gates Sr. Charitable billionaire Bill Gates recently announced a $100 million pledge to fight Alzheimer's disease, but today he reveals why the disease hits close to home. His father, 92 year-old Bill Gates Sr., is one of the 5.5 million people in the United States with Alzheimer's disease. Click here to read the article and watch his interview with Maria Shriver at TODAY.com >
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The Crowd: Maria Shriver honored at UCI MIND’s gala

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Honoree Maria Shriver with donor and Alzheimer’s research participant Ann Quilter of Laguna Beach, center, and Aimee Pierce, MD, medical director of the UCI MIND Memory Assessment Research Center. (Photo by Stan Sholik) By B.W. Cook January 16, 2018 Daily Pilot Opinion "At appropriate times past, I have broken my strict rule not to interject my personal life stories into this column. With that said, anything to do with the pursuit of an Alzheimer's disease cure and/or care compels me to share private family experience. Alzheimer's devastated my talented, intelligent mother at the early age of 65 and it ripped…
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Free community screening of “Alive Inside” this Friday, January 26 in Orange

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Free community screening reveals how personalized music provides comfort ORANGE, CA – The public is invited to a free screening of Alive Inside, a documentary that explores the transformative impact of music on people living with a diagnosis of dementia or other cognitive disorders.  The award winning documentary follows the journey of social worker Dan Cohen, creator of the national MUSIC & MEMORY® program which helps non-verbal dementia patients re-ignite positive memories as they listen to familiar songs from their past. WHEN:   Friday, January 26, 2018 WHERE: Folino Theater, Marion Knott Studios – Chapman University, 283 N. Cypress St., Orange, CA…
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Why Are Women at Higher Risk of Alzheimer’s?

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New research partnership aims to better understand the Alzheimer's gender divide By Madeline Vann, Caring.com Health Writer "One of the biggest risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease you may not have heard of? Being a woman. More women than men live with Alzheimer’s, a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, behavior and thinking. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, women make up two thirds of the roughly 5.5 million Americans living with the disease, but experts do not yet understand why. Now, the University of California at Irvine’s Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) and Maria Shriver’s…
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REMIND engages local students as part of STEAM initiative

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REMIND predoc and postdoc trainees, Sarah Royer, Stefânia Forner, and Alessandra Martini, welcomed 7th and 8th graders to campus today to teach them about brain health and Alzheimer's disease. The students even had a chance to see their own brain waves in action! This outreach initiative is led by the Beall Center for Art + Technology at UC Irvine to engage local K-12 students in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM).
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Maria Shriver’s Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement Partners with UCI MIND to Launch New Women-Focused Research Initiative

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UCI MIND Co-Directors, Drs. Joshua Grill and Frank LaFerla with Maria Shriver at the annual UCI MIND gala on December 2, 2017 at the Balboa Bay Resort More than 5.5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease. Two-thirds of them are women. The initiative will fund critical new women-based research. ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., (December 5, 2017) — A new partnership in Orange County, California is seeking answers to an essential question affecting global health: Why do more women get Alzheimer’s disease than men? UCI MIND, the University of California at Irvine’s Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, has announced a new research initiative…
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New study estimates 47 million Americans with preclinical Alzheimer’s disease

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In a study published today in Alzheimer’s & Dementia, UCI MIND faculty members Drs. Claudia Kawas and Maria Corrada, and colleagues at UCLA, reported the first estimates of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) prevalence in the United States. According to the study, 2.4 million Americans are living with MCI due to AD (memory and other cognitive problems that do not meet criteria for dementia), and this number is expected to more than double by 2060. Moreover, the researchers estimated about 47 million Americans have preclinical AD, the presence of amyloid accumulation and/or neurodegeneration with no symptoms of memory…
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