Jose Belardo of Lansing, Kan., spent most of his career in the U.S. Public Health Service. He worked on the front lines of disasters in such places as Haiti, Colombia, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
More than 120 people who care for Alzheimer’s patients held a conference in Wilsonville Wednesday. They learned the first thing families should do when a loved one gets dementia.
Senator Ron Wyden has joined his colleagues, urging the Senate Appropriations Committee to beef up research funding for Alzheimer’s disease.
Currently the NIH spends about $585 million on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia research, compared to $450 million in fiscal year 2011.
Alzheimer's disease ranks among American's most-feared terminal illnesses – and may kill far more people than previously believed, according to research showing Alzheimer's is a factor in deaths such as pneumonia, choking
