Join our Birmingham Sigma Kappa Walk to End Alzheimer's team.  
The walk will be September 30th at Sloss Furnace in downtown Birmingham.
Registration will begin at 1 and the walk begins at 3.  
We will have a Walk social with the Zeta Sigma chapter so bring some cookies & join us!

Alzheimer's Research, Join the Fight

Maria Shriver and HBO collaborated to produce a documentary about the advances in science in Alzheimer's research.  It is a two part series that also talks about the correlation between other diseases and Alzheimer's Disease.  To see the documentary, click HERE.
The reality of Alzheimer's is devastating for parents and children.  Click HERE to watch a short video of Kelly talking to her mom with Alzheimer's & the brief moment when her mother realizes who Kelly is.  Get your kleenex ready.    
The Alzheimer's Association has released the 2016 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures.  The end of Alzheimer's starts with you.  Click HERE to find the Walk to End Alzheimer's in your area.
MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, in New York has been a special program called Meet Me.  This program creates art engagement opportunities for the Alzheimer's patient and care giver.  Along with a tour of the museum by a docent, the patients are able to engage in an art project after their tour.  
There is something special about music that helps us remember.  There is new research from Dr. Oliver Sacks, neurologist and author, about how music helps people with Alzheimer's and dementia. At the site, musicandmemory.org, you can see a video about Henry, and how he has been changed by Music & Memory. 
Click HERE to read a short article on the possible link between anxiety medications and Alzheimer's. 
For ways to help lower your risk for Alzheimer's, click HERE.

There have been an exciting breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer's Disease.  Click HERE to read one article published by Fox News online.  

Actor/Comedian Seth Rogen spoke on Capitol Hill February 27, 2014 in front of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services about Alzheimer's Disease.  Mr. Rogen has started a Hilarity for Charity as part of the Alzheimer's Association to "raise money to help families struggling with Alzheimer's and support cutting edge research."  Click HERE to see his testimony. (video credit CSPAN)