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Brown to build center dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease research The launch of the Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research was funded by gifts from anonymous donors By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated April 28, 2021, 1:15 p.m. Email to a Friend An entrance to Brown University in Providence, R.I.Lane Turner/Globe Staff PROVIDENCE — Brown University announced Wednesday that it is establishing a new research center that will be focused on early detection and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. The Center’s launch was funded by two gifts from anonymous ...

Article content Are you looking for ways to keep your brain active while at home? Or are you interested in learning more about dementia and brain health? The Alzheimer Society of Huron County has Spring and Summer Online Education Programs lined up. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Alzheimer Society offers spring and summer education programs Back to video In the Dementia Basics series, topics covered and addressed most frequently are the Ten Warning Signs, Brain Changes and Dementia, Types of Dementia, and Communication Changes. These programs a...

It is perhaps the cruelest fate faced by millions: To live a rich life full of wonderful friends and memories only to have it taken away by Alzheimer's disease.

Many are wonderful. Meeting while they were in elementary school, for instance, and Roger saying to the cousin who introduced them: “I’m going to marry her someday.” He did, more than 60 years ago. Other memories involve the five children they would have — and how she, a nurse, and he, a salesman, raised them together. Also, the gardens at their North Providence home: she tending the flowers, and he the vegetables. The birds at their birdhouses. Their nine grandchildren. But other memories also come, none of them wonderful. The first time he suspected something was wrong with Lorrai...

Little R.I. wielding big power in D.C. The work Rhode Islanders are doing in Washington will affect the whole country, Senator Jack Reed says By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated March 16, 2021, 9:51 a.m. Email to a Friend Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed, right, is ceremoniously sworn-in by Vice President Mike Pence at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 3, 2021.Samuel Corum/Bloomberg If you have friends or relatives who would like their own free copy of this daily briefing about Rhode Island, tell them they can LEADING OFF Happy Tuesday and welcome to Rhode Map, your daily guid...