News from June 2023

"The day was spectacular!" Seven sites celebrated a variety of fun, easy ways to promote brain health and wellness at any age or stage of life.

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Categories: Dementia-Friendly Community, Art, Dementia Friends, Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

Healthy Brain Initiative: State and Local Road Map for Public Health, 2023-2027 provides public health officials throughout the nation with a set of strategies to promote brain health and improve the quality of life for people living with dementia and their caregivers. MBWC's Barak Gaster, MD, FACP, Director of Cognition in Primary Care Program and UW Professor of Medicine served as a member of Leadership Committee to help develop this new edition of the HBI Road Map.

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Categories: Science Updates, Care & Treatment , Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

This week, we are sharing evidence-based information about staying physically active for brain health and wellness. In whatever way is safe for you, try and engage in a physical activity every day - like walking in nature, dancing, or low-impact chair exercises.

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Categories: Science Updates, Care & Treatment , Nature, Programs, Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

New ADRC study shows some human microglia react to Alzheimer's disease and could potentially be targeted by a future treatment.

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Categories: Science Updates

Investigadores del UW, los cuales utilizando muestras de autopsias del cerebro de 22 participantes de la investigación de ADRC han hecho un nuevo descubrimiento sobre la microglía y su relación con la enfermedad de Alzheimer y las terapias dirigidas.

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Categories: En Español

UW Medicine experts in sleep and brain health share their tips to help you get restful and restorative sleep at night.

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Categories: Science Updates, Care & Treatment , Caregiving, Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

In what Paul Crane, MD, MPH, calls a ‘Hello World” methods paper, a UW team shares the results of a major effort to make it easier for researchers to leverage data from multiple studies of older adults.

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Categories: Science Updates

June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month! Each week, the Memory and Brain Wellness Center team will share information on brain health! This week, we are sharing evidence-based information about promoting brain health through staying socially engaged.

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Categories: Science Updates, Resources, Dementia Friends, Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

Research shows that people who are more socially connected live longer and have better physical, mental, and cognitive health outcomes. Social isolation, on the other hand, can lead to poorer health outcomes. We break down the reasons why social connection and engagement have such a big impact on our cognitive health.

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Categories: Science Updates, Resources, Dementia-Friendly Community

You’re invited to celebrate Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month this June! Join your First Hill neighbors for our first annual Brain Health Block Party. From 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday June 21, stop by any site to enjoy an outdoor brain-healthy activity such as bike-powered smoothie making, games and more. 

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Categories: Resources, Dementia-Friendly Community, Dementia Friends