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Renowned Alzheimer's Neurologist Dale Bredesen, MD, Joins Pacific Neuroscience Institute

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Neuroscience Institute® (PNI) is thrilled to announce that Dale Bredesen, MD, has joined Pacific Neuroscience Institute®. Over the past four months, as the senior director of the nascent Precision Brain Health program, he and his colleagues have been intensely focused on developing what promises to be the world's first formalized system to comprehensively address neurodegenerative disease in the world. While not quite ready for primetime, the excitement around the clinical implications for patients is palpable.

Key Points: 
  • SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Neuroscience Institute® (PNI) is thrilled to announce that Dale Bredesen, MD, has joined Pacific Neuroscience Institute®.
  • Taking a personalized, biological systemwide approach and becoming proactive about interventions, represent the first steps towards stopping Alzheimer's in its tracks."
  • Pacific Neuroscience Institute has a history of innovation that fits perfectly with the development of this novel program."
  • He directed the Program on Aging at the Burnham Institute and joined the Buck Institute as founding president and CEO.

Benchmark at Rye Executive Director Receives Annual "President's Award"

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Monday, April 15, 2024
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RYE, N.H., April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Benchmark, the largest senior living provider in New England, today announced that Nick Barash of Andover, Mass., executive director of Benchmark at Rye, a Mind & Memory Care community, has received the Benchmark 2023 President's Award, which is the Waltham-based company's highest honor for associates in a senior leadership role.

Key Points: 
  • RYE, N.H., April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Benchmark , the largest senior living provider in New England, today announced that Nick Barash of Andover, Mass., executive director of Benchmark at Rye , a Mind & Memory Care community, has received the Benchmark 2023 President's Award, which is the Waltham-based company's highest honor for associates in a senior leadership role.
  • -Tom Grape, founder, chairman and CEO, Benchmark Senior Living
    At the company's 21st Annual Awards Gala held on March 7, 2024, Barash was selected for exhibiting outstanding operational leadership at his previous community, Benchmark Senior Living at Haverhill Crossings and at his present community, Benchmark at Rye, a memory care assisted living community.
  • Barash was hailed for frequently going above and beyond for residents, their families and associates, which has resulted in increased satisfaction across the community.
  • "The compassion and care our associates exhibit daily is truly inspiring," said Tom Grape, founder, chairman and CEO of Benchmark.

The Atrium at Drum Hill Receives Benchmark's Annual "Ripple Award"

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Monday, April 15, 2024
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NORTH CHELMSFORD, Mass., April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Benchmark, the largest senior living provider in New England, today announced that The Atrium at Drum Hill, a Benchmark Mind & Memory Care community, has received the Benchmark 2023 Ripple Award. The Ripple Award each year recognizes the Benchmark community that consistently achieves the highest employee trust scores through surveys while also maintaining the highest associate retention and the lowest turnover rates.

Key Points: 
  • NORTH CHELMSFORD, Mass., April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Benchmark , the largest senior living provider in New England, today announced that The Atrium at Drum Hill , a Benchmark Mind & Memory Care community, has received the Benchmark 2023 Ripple Award.
  • The community was applauded for their success in creating a powerful "ripple effect" that makes it a great place to work.
  • Residents, families and associates understand and feel connected to one another because strong leadership flows throughout the community.
  • "The compassion and care our associates exhibit daily is truly inspiring," said Tom Grape, founder, chairman and CEO of Benchmark.

Greystone Farm at Salem Awarded Benchmark's Annual "Circle Award" for Outstanding Resident & Family Satisfaction

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Monday, April 15, 2024
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One family member recently wrote, "The staff -- from reception, to housekeeping, to cooks, to aides, to nurses, to directors -- are amazingly caring to both the residents and the families. I feel blessed my mother had their knowledge, comfort, and companionship."

Key Points: 
  • The Circle Award is an annual award honoring the Benchmark community that consistently achieves the highest ratings from resident and family surveys.
  • -Tom Grape, founder, chairman and CEO, Benchmark Senior Living
    At the company's 21st Annual Awards Gala held on March 7, 2024, Greystone Farm was recognized over 64 other Benchmark independent living, assisted living and Mind & Memory Care communities throughout the Northeast.
  • Greystone Farm was hailed for consistently meeting the needs of residents and family members with family members often praising the community for the incredible care their loved ones received in a warm and inviting environment.
  • Greystone Farm executive director, Lisa Collins, LPN, accepted the award on behalf of the community.

H&P Law Completes First Civil Rights Case in Nevada State History

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Monday, April 15, 2024
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HENDERSON, Nev., April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- H&P Law completed the first case involving civil rights tried under Nevada's Constitution in March 2024. The law firm represented Mr. James Herndon through Case #: A-21-842739-C after he sustained serious injuries in 2018 due to the use of excessive force by a police sergeant during an incident involving a shoplifted at a Sportsman's Warehouse. Mr. Herndon received $450,000 in damages.

Key Points: 
  • H&P Law Completed the First Civil Rights Case in the History of Nevada State to Secure Compensation for James Herndon After the Use of Excessive Force.
  • HENDERSON, Nev., April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- H&P Law completed the first case involving civil rights tried under Nevada's Constitution in March 2024.
  • H&P Law handled the case and dealt with all the legal complications for Mr. Herndon.
  • The firm gained the right to include a state constitutional claim in the case, allowing it to pursue damages at the state level.

Mission Based Media Presents 'Rethinking Alzheimer's Disease,' a New Health UNMUTED Podcast Series

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Friday, April 12, 2024
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DENVER, April 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission Based Media, an integrated digital media and health content company specializing in podcasts, today announced the release of Rethinking Alzheimer's Disease, a new addition to the innovative Health UNMUTED® platform.

Key Points: 
  • DENVER, April 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission Based Media, an integrated digital media and health content company specializing in podcasts, today announced the release of Rethinking Alzheimer's Disease, a new addition to the innovative Health UNMUTED® platform.
  • Rethinking Alzheimer's Disease provides insights and information about the prevention and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
  • The Rethinking Alzheimer's Disease podcast explains how Alzheimer's develops, and how early detection can provide individuals with more treatment options and valuable time to plan for the future.
  • "When most people think of Alzheimer's disease, they think of memory loss and getting older," said Dan Kendall, founder of Mission Based Media and executive producer of Health UNMUTED.

KINNECT Launches Revolutionary Social App for Connecting Familial Generations and Memory Preservation

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Thursday, April 11, 2024
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CHICAGO, April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- KINNECT is leading a new wave of social media applications that bridge the gap between digital health and connection. Leveraging the power of natural language processing and machine learning, KINNECT creates a user-friendly app where families can capture and save their favorite memories.

Key Points: 
  • Omar Alvarez's Visionary App Addresses the Loneliness Epidemic + Memory Loss and is Backed by Leading Investors and Advanced Technology.
  • CHICAGO, April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- KINNECT is leading a new wave of social media applications that bridge the gap between digital health and connection.
  • Leveraging the power of natural language processing and machine learning, KINNECT creates a user-friendly app where families can capture and save their favorite memories.
  • The app aims to serve a broad audience, focusing on memory preservation seekers, individual memory preservers, and those looking to create meaningful connections within their chosen & given families.

NYU Langone Health's New Optimal Aging Institute to Further Explore the Link Between Vascular Health and Aging

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Thursday, April 11, 2024
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at the newly-formed Optimal Aging Institute at NYU Langone Health have been awarded $31 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a diverse, ten university cohort to study how vascular risk factors contribute to dementia and other age-related disorders in those over the age of 85, building upon existing research.

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  • Close integration with partners across NYU Langone Health system, Coresh said, enables the Institute to implement and test interventions with real-world impacts in real-time, advancing practice-changing research to improve outcomes for all.
  • to highlight an important topic at the intersection of vascular health and aging.
  • The event, co-sponsored by NYU Langone's Department of Population Health and the Optimal Aging Institute, will feature six renowned experts in the field and will showcase recent groundbreaking research on how treating hypertension may prevent dementia.
  • The research is supported by The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a division of the NIH, grant number U01HL096812.

Readly joins the National Pharmacy Association's Your Health Your Pharmacy campaign to promote wellbeing

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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LONDON, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Readly, the European market leader in digital magazines and newspapers, is supporting the National Pharmacy Association's (NPA) Your Health Your Pharmacy campaign to promote health and wellbeing and reduce pressure on the National Health Service.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Readly, the European market leader in digital magazines and newspapers, is supporting the National Pharmacy Association's (NPA) Your Health Your Pharmacy campaign to promote health and wellbeing and reduce pressure on the National Health Service.
  • The campaign will reach over 3.4 million consumers in its first year with the goal of enhancing public health and reducing pressure on the National Health Service (NHS).
  • "We are proud to support the NPA's Your Health, Your Pharmacy campaign in its important mission to educate the public around healthy choices and enhance public health and wellbeing.
  • Readly is offering two months of free reading to its platform as part of the collaboration with the National Pharmacy Association's Your Health Your Pharmacy campaign.

How your vision can predict dementia 12 years before it is diagnosed – new study

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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Our latest study shows that a loss of visual sensitivity can predict dementia 12 years before it is diagnosed.

Key Points: 
  • Our latest study shows that a loss of visual sensitivity can predict dementia 12 years before it is diagnosed.
  • Our research was based on 8,623 healthy people in Norfolk, England, who were followed up for many years.
  • By the end of the study, 537 participants had developed dementia, so we could see what factors might have preceded this diagnosis.
  • People who would develop dementia were much slower to see this triangle on the screen than people who would remain without dementia.

Recognising faces

  • We have some evidence which suggests that people with dementia tend to process new people’s faces inefficiently.
  • In other words, they don’t follow the usual pattern of scanning the face of the person they are talking to.
  • So this early issue in not recognising people you have just met could be related to ineffective eye movement for new faces, rather than being a pure memory disorder.

Can eye movement improve memory?

  • Previous research on the matter is mixed, but some studies found that eye movement can improve memory.
  • In other studies, eye movements from left to right and right to left done quickly (two eye movements per second) were found to improve autobiographical memory (your life story).
  • Also, using deficits in eye movements as a diagnostic is not a regular feature, despite the possibilities in eye movement technology.


Eef Hogervorst receives funding from the Dunhill Medical Trust [email protected] receives funding from Road Safety Trust. He is affiliated with Applied Vision Association. Ahmet Begde does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.