International Women’s Day presents a global opportunity to attack Alzheimer’s disease and bring to light a fact that many are in the dark about: Alzheimer’s disease discriminates against women. An estimated 5.8 million people in the United States are living with the disease and two-thirds of those are women. Two-thirds of the 16 million Alzheimer’s caregivers are also women, and one-third are our daughters. At SXSW, Maria Shriver, the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement and the Alzheimer’s Association will bring a disruptive conversation to the stage and to a younger audience who…
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Maria Shriver’s Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement Awards Seven Grants To Accelerate Gender-Based Research In Alzheimer’s Disease
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…
Read MoreMaria Shriver, The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement and Equinox Sports Clubs Announce Move for Minds® 2018
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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