The UW Alzheimer's Disease Research Center is part of a nationwide network of 
Alzheimer’s disease research resource centers funded through the NIH's National Institute on Aging. The UW ADRC has been committed to helping advance Alzheimer’s research for over thirty years. 

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What is Alzheimer's

According to the Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. 

Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with daily tasks.

Alzheimer's

• Is the most common form of dementia

• Is not a normal part of aging
• Worsens over time
• Has no current cure, but treatments for symptoms are available and research continues. 
• Learn more at alz.org
  

Dancing to Remember

September 05, 2017
Research, Clinical Care, Art, ADRC News

Creative Commons 2.0
As published in Dimensions, the Magazine of the UW Alzheimer's Disease Research Center - Fall 2017 (Download the PDF or Read Online)
“I tell you what,” Marty Bahr said to his brother Joe. “If you promise to raise funds for Alzheimer’s disease research after I pass on, I’ll donate my brain to science.”
It was an unusual promise. And, over the past ten years, it has had an extraordinary result.

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