More than 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer?s disease, and a new case emerges in this country at a rate of nearly once per minute. The upsurge in this illness has sparked a desire to fight back - especially among those who have lost loved ones affected by the disease and want to find a […]
At Northwestern University, a unique spin on the Buddy System is pairing first-year medical students with people who suffer from the early stages of Alzheimer?s disease or related dementias. The Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer?s Disease Center (CNADC), part of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, created The Buddy Program in 1998 to allow students […]