The number of Americans over the age of 90 has tripled in thirty years, reaching 1.9 million in 2010, according to a new report. That means long-term care facilities are increasingly seeing older, sicker residents. Nearly 20% of people in their early 90s, and more than 30% of people in the late 90s, live in […]
National Initiative Urges 10 Million At-Risk Boomers to ‘Face Alzheimer’s’
In this section of the Pfizer MediaRoom, you’ll find our news releases. The releases are listed in chronological order and are archived by year.
How can you tell if someone is showing early signs of Alzheimer’s disease?
How can you tell if someone is showing early signs of Alzheimer’s disease? The earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease, according to the National Institute on Aging, are characterized by brain accumulation of beta amyloid without obvious behavioral or cognitive changes. The earliest cognitive changes, detectable only on careful neuropsychological testing, may be subtle changes in […]
Is it true that cholesterol medications can cause Alzheimer’s disease?
Is it true that cholesterol medications can cause Alzheimer’s disease? There is no credible evidence that cholesterol medications cause Alzheimer’s disease, though patients and some researchers are in agreement that the cholesterol-lowering statins such as atorvastatin make some people feel slowed down or less sharp. On the other hand, there is considerable evidence that untreated […]
Without CLASS, What’s Next To Help Meet Long-Term Care Needs?
The New York Times and Politico both offer analyses of what went wrong and what might happen next – including concerns from critics that CLASS could be revived at any time. The New York Times: Still No Relief In Sight For Long-Terms Needs The law that many Americans had hoped would transform the nation’s dysfunctional system of long-term […]
Need For Seniors Programs Is Rising, But Funding Is Not
Money for the federal programs that millions of seniors rely on to live independently in their own homes will not rise with the growing demand, Kathy Greenlee, head of the Administration on Aging, told members of the Gerontological Society of America during its annual meeting. More than 3,800 researchers, scientists, educators and health professionals specializing in […]
Alliance Applauds Obama Administration’s Commitment to Alzheimers
Washington D.C.– February 7, 2012 – The Alliance for Aging Research, today applauded the Obama Administration for reprogramming $50 million from the current budget to Alzheimer’s disease and pledging an additional $80 million for Alzheimer’s research in the next budget cycle. “This is an important bet against the looming tide of dementia threatening America’s aging […]
Alzheimer’s get funding boost
A February 7, 2012 Kaiser Health News article reported on the Obama administration’s boost in Alzheimer’s funding. According to the article, while the bulk of the administration’s investment will go toward research, $26 million — also being requested in the FY 2013 budget — would support care and outreach to people with the disease and […]
Bi-partisan Legislation Introduced to Fight Alzheimer’s and Other Chronic Health Conditions
Bill Spurs Research and Drug Development into Most Deadly, Costly Diseases Like Alzheimer’s WASHINGTON – On Thursday, February 2, 2012, U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD) and Susan Collins (R-ME) and Representatives Edward Markey (D-MA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), unveiled the Spending Reductions through Innovations in Therapies (SPRINT) Act, bipartisan legislation which would spur innovation […]
LEAD congratulates Hannah Schwartz, the winner of the AFA 2012 Teens Video Competition
Video courtesy of Alzheimer’s Foundation of America LEAD congratulates Hannah Schwartz, 18, of Clarksville, TN, the winner of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s (AFA) 2012 Teens Video Competition. Hannah has witnessed what she calls the kind of love that can only be expressed by a caregiver to a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease, and she […]