On Pluto (29 page)

  
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Clinical Trials, The Alzheimer's Information Site
http://www.alzinfo.org/treatment/clinicaltrial/default.aspx

Latest News and Research

  
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Alzheimer's Association Research Center
http://www.alz.org/Research/overview.asp

  
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Alzheimer's Research Forum
http://www.alzforum.org/

  
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Updates from Cure Alzheimer's Fund
http://www.curealz.org/news

  
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Key Research Findings in 2012, by Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD
http://www.curealz.org/message-research-consortium-chairman

Films

  
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Glen Campbell…I'll Be Me
, award-winning documentary directed by actor-filmmaker James Keach, produced by Trevor Albert

  
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Understanding Alzheimer's: Five ‘Pocket' Films, directed by David Shenk
http://aboutalz.org

  
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PBS's
The Forgetting
, directed by Elizabeth Arledge
http://www.pbs.org/theforgetting

  
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Away from Her
, directed by Sarah Polley

Treatment and Prevention

Prevention

  
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Maintain Your Brain, Alzheimer's Association
http://www.alz.org/maintainyourbrain/overview.asp

Treatment Options

  
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Alzheimer's Disease Medications Fact Sheet, National Institute on Aging
http://www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Publications/medicationsfs.htm

  
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Alzheimer's Disease: Treatment Overview, WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/71/81399.htm

  
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Medications for Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Association
http://www.alz.org/AboutAD/Treatment/Standard.asp

  
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Alternative Treatments for Alzheimer's
http://www.alz.org/AboutAD/Treatment/Alternative.asp

Caregiving

Caregiving Resources

  
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Caregiving strategies
http://www.alzfdn.org/EducationandCare/strategiesforsuccess.html

  
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Find an in-person support group in your area
http://www.alz.org/apps/we_can_help/support_groups.asp

  
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Online support groups
http://www.alzconnected.org/discussion.aspx

  
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Live contact: phone, chat, or skype with a licensed social worker
http://carecrossroads.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=19

Fighting Alzheimer's

Calls to Action

  
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Short Film: Let's Stop Alzheimer's Now
http://vimeo.com/31089084

  
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“Memory Hole,”
The New York Times
Op-Ed by David Shenk
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/opinion/03shenk.html

Advocacy Organizations

  
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Alzheimer's Association
http://www.alz.org

  
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Cure Alzheimer's Fund
http://www.curealz.org

  
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Accelerate Cure/Treatments for Alzheimer's Diseases
http://www.act-ad.org

  
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Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA)
http://www.alzfdn.org

A
BOUT THE
A
UTHOR

At a tavern on the Dingle Peninsula, west coast of Ireland, August 2010: (from left to right), author Greg O'Brien; daughter Colleen; wife Mary Catherine; son Conor; son Brendan.

Greg O'Brien has more than 35 years of newspaper and magazine experience as a writer, editor, investigative reporter, and publisher. Over the years, he has contributed to the
Associated Press, UPI, USA Today, The Arizona Republic, Boston Herald American, Boston Metro, New York Metro, Philadelphia Metro,
the
Providence Journal, Cape Cod Times, Boston Irish Reporter,
and
Boston Magazine
where he was a senior writer. The author/editor of several books, O'Brien has published 17 books by other writers, and was a founding managing director of Community Newspaper Company, established in Boston. He is president of Stony Brook Group, a political and communications strategy company, and lives in West Brewster on Cape Cod with his wife, Mary Catherine. The couple has three children: Brendan, Colleen, and Conor.