Alzheimer's
Memory Walk
Mayo Clinic Study Suggests that a
Central Nervous System Viral Infection Can Lead to Memory Deficits Late in
Life
11-2-06 In one of the first known laboratory studies
that explores memory deficits associated with a viral infection of the
central nervous system, Mayo Clinic researchers have evidence that this
infection can lead to memory loss late in life. The study, which was
conducted in animal models, suggests that over the lifetime of an
individual, a picornavirus-related infection could possibly have a permanent
effect on memory late in life...
Pictured from the left are Mary Chapman -
Club President, Fred Brown, Iola Snow, Amy Leuenberg - Rotary Walk
Committee Chair, and Elaine Gaillard - Club Secretary.
9-15-06
To show their continued support for the 2006 Southern Crescent Alzheimer's
Memory Walk the Rotary Club of Peachtree City presented a check for $2000
to Iola Snow and Fred Brown, co-chairpersons for the event. The Memory
Walk, scheduled for Saturday, October 7 at the Frederick Brown, Jr.
Amphitheater Parking Area in Peachtree City, began in 2000 and now
includes participants from seven surrounding counties. Over the past six
years a total of $874,811 has been raised to fight this debilitating
disease. The goal this year is to reach and significantly pass the
million dollar mark. The Rotary Club also sponsors a post-event "Thank
You" dinner in November. |
Countryside Hospice Supports
Alzheimer's
L - R: Fred Brown, Linda Montpetit, Nathalie
White-Faulkner, Iola Snow
10/27/07
Donations continue to come in for the Southern Crescent Memory Walk
supporting the Alzheimer’s Association. The walk was held in Peachtree
City in early October. Funds raised now exceed $190,000 thanks to donors
such as Countryside Hospice. Iola Snow and Fred Brown, Co-Chairs of the
Memory Walk, receive a check for $750 from Linda Montpetit, Executive
Director of County Hospice Care of Newnan, and Nathalie White-Faulkner,
Account Manager. County Hospice Care serves Coweta, Fayette, Heard and
Meriwether counties. Over 5 million Americans suffer from this
debilitating disease for which there is currently no known cure.
Pictured from the left are Brown, Montpetit, White-Faulkner, and Snow.
More Insight into
Alzheimer's Disease with Stanford Discovery of Possible Cause
11-23-06 A peacekeeper in the body's defenses
against infection may hold the key to understanding - and eventually
treating - Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at the Stanford
University School of Medicine discovered that when a molecule
responsible for dialing down the immune system malfunctions in the
brain cells of mice, the rodents develop symptoms of the
degenerative brain disease...
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Rotary
Honors Floy Farr with Alzheimer's Donations
Presenting the check to Iola Snow, right, Co-Chairman of
the event, is Costas Soulakos, representing the Rotary Floy Farr
Foundation. A generous donation was also made by Amy Leuenberger, Captain
of the Rotary Club Memory Walk Team.
9/17/07 Membership in the Rotary Club of Peachtree City
meant a great deal to Peachtree City co-founder Floy Farr...
More
Researchers discover mutations in the
progranulin gene cause frontotemporal dementia
8-23-06 Researchers at Mayo Clinic and colleagues at
the University of British Columbia and the University of Manchester have
discovered mutations in the progranulin gene cause frontotemporal dementia
(FTD). Their work, which will be published in the July 16 online edition
of the journal Nature, indicates that progranulin function plays an
important but previously unrecognized role in neuronal survival... |
