In October 2015, Scott Harrison’s wife, Barbara Harrison, was diagnosed with stage 1, level 3 uterine cancer. Her cancer was aggressive, leading to a hysterectomy… Read more
Category: Alzheimer’s disease
Pitt Public Health Epidemiologist Honored for Contributions to Clinical Trials
Steven Belle, Ph.D., MSc.Hyg., co-director of the Epidemiology Data Center at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, has been named a Fellow… Read more
Pitt Alzheimer’s Researcher Receives Zaven Khachaturian Award
The Alzheimer’s Association recently recognized Dr. William E. Klunk with the 2017 Zaven Khachaturian Award. The award was presented during this year’s Alzheimer’s Association International… Read more
Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease in its Earliest Stages
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in collaboration with the University of Chile and the International Center for Biomedicine have developed a… Read more
Is There a Hidden Connection Between Down Syndrome, Alzheimer’s?
By age 60, 50 percent of people with Down syndrome will develop Alzheimer’s disease. To wrap up National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, we ask Ben Handen,… Read more