The following is the text for the fundraising brochure for a fellowship in my father’s name at the University of Florida College of Medicine: My father was born to be a neurologist. One day, researchers may find a base pair that made him predisposed to be in the field the way he inherited his blue…
Category: Alzheimer’s
Linens and Things
Dear Readers, Last night as my son laid down to go to sleep, I covered him with a mohair blanket that my Nana made at least 50 years ago. I said he was being watched over by the memory and skill of his great-grandmother. When he woke up this morning, he said that he had…
Colombian Alzheimer’s Families Travel to Arizona/The Linen Project Commences
Dear Us, Some of the heirs to their Colombian families’ rare mutation of the Alzheimer’s gene recently traveled to the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute in Phoenix for neuro-imaging——-the first step in brand new clinical trials for more promising treatments in the war against this insidious disease. Channel Four News of England tells the story in this…