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Dr. Jan Lundberg, PH.D., executive VP science & technology and president Lilly research labs, shares his personal story first-hand about Alzheimers and underscores PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America)and Lilly’s sentiment that new treatments for this fatal disease are needed to help patients and their caregivers, as well as lessen the burden on the healthcare system.

Alzheimer’s researcher Dr. David Michelson of Merck & Co. tells us about several promising new approaches to a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.

January is Alzheimer’s Awareness month, and a walk will be held in Ottawa to raise money for research on the disease.

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Slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease is crucial.

Alzheimer’s Australia Ambassadors, Sir Michael Parkinson, Ita Buttrose, Sophie Pieters-Hawke and Professor Henry Brodaty join everday Australians to raise awareness about the need to fight dementia now before 2050 when Australia will face an epidemic. For more information visit: www.fightdementia.org.au www.facebook.com/fightdementia www.twitter.com/AlzheimersAus

An educational series from the Duke Clinical Research Institute.

www.alzheimers.org.uk This is a subtitled version, for non-subtitled please see www.youtube.com Alzheimer’s Society is dedicated to defeating dementia through research. This film shows how the Society funds and supports dementia research. It includes interviews with Professor Nick Fox, Professor of Neurology and MRC Senior Clinical Fellow at the Institute of Neurology, University College London, and Co-Chair of Alzheimer’s Society’s Research Advisory Committee, PhD student James and Research Network volunteer Angela. The voiceover is provided by TV presenter and Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador Ruth Langsford. Our unique research programme funds research into the cause, cure, care and prevention of dementia to improve treatment for people today and to search for a cure for tomorrow. We are the only organisation to work with leading scientists and people affected by dementia to ensure our research influences practice and transforms lives. With the right investment, dementia can be defeated For more information on Alzheimer’s Society Research, please go to www.alzheimers.org.ukThere are more than 750000 people in the UK affected by dementia with numbers set to rise to 1 million by 2021. Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading care and research charity for people with dementia and those who care for them. Support the fight against dementia. Visit us at www.alzheimers.org.uk

Professor Kaarin Anstey addresses the question, “Is Alzheimer’s disease preventable?” in a public lecture for the Australian Association of Gerontology. The event was held at the CSIRO Discovery Centre on 17 February 2011. Professor Anstey’s presentation begins with background on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, then focuses on the risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and the scientific evidence for each. She evaluates six categories of risk factors: demographic factors, genes, medical conditions, lifestyle factors, toxic exposures, and psychosocial factors. Professor Kaarin Anstey is Director of the DCRC – Early Diagnosis and Prevention, Director of the Ageing Research Unit at the Centre for Mental Health Research, and an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow. She completed her PhD in cognitive ageing in 1997 and undertook an NHMRC Training Fellowship at Flinders University and Neuroscience Research Australia from 1998-2001. Her research interests include the epidemiology of cognitive decline and dementia, depression in late life, predictors of longevity, psychological well being, driving and mobility, and longitudinal methods. She is the Principal Investigator on an NHMRC Strategic Grant on Ageing Well Ageing Productively that involves pooling 9 longitudinal ageing studies to model health and ageing. Learn more about the Ageing Research Unit at ageing.anu.edu.au

www.alzheimers.org.uk Alzheimer’s Society is dedicated to defeating dementia through research. This film shows how the Society funds and supports dementia research. It includes interviews with Professor Nick Fox, Professor of Neurology and MRC Senior Clinical Fellow at the Institute of Neurology, University College London, and Co-Chair of Alzheimer’s Society’s Research Advisory Committee, PhD student James and Research Network volunteer Angela. The voiceover is provided by TV presenter and Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador Ruth Langsford. Our unique research programme funds research into the cause, cure, care and prevention of dementia to improve treatment for people today and to search for a cure for tomorrow. We are the only organisation to work with leading scientists and people affected by dementia to ensure our research influences practice and transforms lives. With the right investment, dementia can be defeated For more information on Alzheimer’s Society Research, please go to httpThere are more than 750000 people in the UK affected by dementia with numbers set to rise to 1 million by 2021. Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading care and research charity for people with dementia and those who care for them. Support the fight against dementia. Visit us at www.alzheimers.org.uk