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Why One Researcher Fights to End Alzheimer’s Disease

Image caption: Yuriko and me together for a trip to a hot spring. She did not recognize me, but could speak. Since 1985, BrightFocus Foundation’s…

National Rebuilding Month

National Rebuilding Month is an annual month-long call to service, culminating with National Rebuilding Day, the last Saturday of April (April 27 this year). Last year…

Rebuilding Together Montgomery County Brings 400+ Volunteers Together to Help 13 Homeowners with Critical Needs and Repairs

Rebuilding Together Montgomery County has provided critical-needs home repair to low-income residents of Montgomery County free of charge for the past 27 years. Last year…

Family Violence Exists Intergenerationally Within Far Too Many Families

Family Violence exists intergenerationally within far too many families, in the form of: Child abuse and neglect, Spouse and partner abuse (also known as domestic…

The Diabetes Research Institute: Moving Groundbreaking Research from the Lab to Patients

November is Diabetes Awareness month, and a time to elevate the dialogue about how this disease affects millions of people across the world. For those…

Join our Quest for an Alzheimer’s Cure

Spotlight on a Worthy Cause Alzheimer’s disease is an overwhelming degenerative condition for individuals and the family members who care for them. Yet there is…

Hospice: The Best Kept Secret in American Healthcare

Since our founding in 1977, Capital Caring’s mission has been to simply improve care for the more than 1,200 people living with advanced illness that…

Fostering Worldwide Collaboration to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease

Twenty five years ago, Michael W. Weiner, M.D., decided to make it his life’s mission to find a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. “I had to…

Changing the Trajectory of Alzheimer’s Disease

The 6th leading cause of death in the US, and the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disorder that irreversibly destroys brain…

The True Cost of Alzheimer’s Disease and Why Funding Research Now is So Critical

Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, yet it is the only cause of death among the top 10…

Rebuilding Together Marks its Annual National Rebuilding Month in April

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2015 /3BL Media/ – Rebuilding Together, a national nonprofit with a vision of a safe and healthy home for every person, announced today…

Let’s Make Elderly Nutrition a National Priority

In the United States of America, no senior citizen should go hungry. Unfortunately, hunger among our elderly population is a growing crisis—hunger rates have more…