Alzheimer's Disease

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 120,000 Missourians are living with the disease. But a newly approved blood test could lead to earlier and cheaper diagnosis of the disease.

MPASS is being tested at MU Health Care facilities and in the next few months, the researchers hope to implement the device in other retirement and senior centers in mid-Missouri.

The study shows for the first time that even short periods of severe inactivity allow the buildup of proteins in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

What better way to combat the feeling of isolation - something that hits all too close to home for those caring for persons with dementia - than by tapping into your five senses (touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing). Advocate/volunteer LOIS LONG tells us how to do just that, and also shares an original, related poem she calls 'Blown Glass'. September 1, 2023

MU professor of radiology AI-LING LIN is looking for healthy people, aged 45-65, to participate in a research study that hopes to answer the question: "will sirolimus treatment improve MRI measures of brain function in individuals with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease." Also, LOIS LONG introduces us the Missouri Haiku Project, happening in conjunction with the Unbound Book Festival next weekend in Columbia! (4:40) April 14, 2023

"It has wasted away. It is not there, so it cannot function." LOIS LONG, advocate/volunteer for persons with dementia, shows us what the brain looks like of someone who had Alzheimer's disease. April 14, 2022

"There are funds available for what's called 'respite', for persons who are caring for someone at home, and it is to cover expenses...to allow the caregiver to be out of the house for a short time." -- LOIS LONG, advocate/volunteer for persons with dementia. Lois's poem, 'When?', starts at [1:37]. July 8, 2021

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