DENVER Alzheimer’s disease is the longest goodbye. Just ask Barry Petersen. Since 2005, he has dealt with the fading faculties of his wife, Jan, who was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s when she was 55. She has spent the past two years in an assisted living facility in Denver.
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DENVER Alzheimer’s disease is the longest goodbye. Just ask Barry Petersen. Since 2005, he has dealt with the fading faculties of his wife, Jan, who was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s when she was 55. She has spent the past two years in an assisted living facility in Denver.
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The field is abuzz with the word “prevention,” but how to pull off this vaunted goal? It’s been held back by a strange Catch-22 of cost, time, and biomarker validation. That might change with a bold initiative led by Eric Reiman, Pierre Tariot, and others at the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute. ... continue reading