Tag: Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s Association R.I. chapter hosting multiple events in June
PROVIDENCE – Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 23,000 people and 53,000 caregivers in Rhode Island, and it is the fifth-leading cause of death in...
Five Questions With: Constantine Gatsonis
Constantine Gatsonis, a Henry Ledyard Goddard University professor of biostatistics, joined the Brown University faculty in 1995. He is the founding director of the Center for...
McKee calls for renewed, director-led state plan to address Alzheimer’s
PROVIDENCE – Lt. Gov. Daniel McKee recently unveiled an update to the State Plan on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, featuring a new set...
Rhode Island Hospital recruiting Alzheimer’s patients for TANGO study
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center researchers are recruiting volunteers for TANGO, a national clinical trial evaluating whether a...
R.I. Hospital study investigates if drug can slow, improve Alzheimer’s symptoms
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital researchers are seeking subjects for a Phase 2 study into whether an investigational drug, Troriluzole, a new version of...
URI-sponsored BEACON study seeks blood vessel inflammation, Alzheimer’s link
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience researchers will investigate reduction of brain blood vessel inflammation in fighting Alzheimer’s disease as...
Reed, McKee work to strengthen Rhode Island’s State Plan on Alzheimer’s
CRANSTON – Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., Lt. Gov. Daniel McKee, state health officials and the Alzheimer’s Association Rhode Island Chapter met on Sept. 24...
Brown gift a big win for R.I.
Five years after a $15 million gift helped the University of Rhode Island establish the George and Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience, Brown University...
American College of Physicians honors Ott with lifetime achievement award for...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Chapter of the American College of Physicians has awarded Dr. Brian Ott, director of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory...
Alzheimers’ Association to host Caregiver’s Journey conference
WARWICK – About 23,000 Rhode Islanders are living with Alzheimer’s disease, cared for by roughly 53,000 unpaid caregivers, whose quality of life will be...
