Tag: Maria Shriver

Maria Shriver’s Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement Awards Seven Grants To Accelerate Gender-Based Research In Alzheimer’s Disease

Stuart Mitchell

The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement™ (WAM) is proud to announce today that it has awarded seven research grants to leading scientific institutions actively seeking to understand why Alzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects more women than men. This year’s grants bring WAM’s research funding total to $1.5 million in just three years since the program began. In addition to expanding studies already underway, this year’s grants will also fund promising and innovative new science at several of the nation’s leading research institutions. The 2018 WAM grant recipients include: Center for Innovation in Brain…

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Maria Shriver, The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement and Equinox Sports Clubs Announce Move for Minds® 2018

Stuart Mitchell

Maria Shriver, The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement and Equinox Sports Clubs, are excited to announce that Move for Minds® will go global in 2018 by expanding to all 93 Equinox locations across the world. Held this June in recognition of Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, the groundbreaking initiative educates the public on the latest in Alzheimer’s research and on lifestyle changes they can make today to care for their brains and possibly prevent the disease. Funds raised through the initiative will be used to accelerate women-based Alzheimer’s research, since women are…

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