Mary S. Mittelman, Dr.P.H.

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Mary S. Mittelman, Dr.P.H., is Director of the Psychosocial Research and Support Program at the Center of Excellence for Brain Aging and Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at New York University Langone Medical Center.

Laura N. Gitlin, Ph.D., is currently director of the Jefferson Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health (CARAH) and co-director of its Jefferson Elder Care at Thomas Jefferson University. In the new year, she will be joining the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, and departments of Psychiatry and Geriatrics in the School of Medicine to further her work on dementia care.

Blog Entries by Mary S. Mittelman, Dr.P.H.

A Happier New Year for The Alzheimer's Community

Posted December 27, 2010 | 21:32:43 (EST)

For the 11 million Americans caring for a husband, wife, family member, or friend with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder, this New Year's Eve will be more hopeful than usual because Congress has finally voted to establish the National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA). From all of...

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Alzheimer's Treatment: How Non-Drug Therapies Can Help

Posted November 23, 2010 | 08:20:03 (EST)

It's been a tough year for anyone who cares about people with Alzheimer's disease. A National Institutes of Health panel surveyed all existing research and concluded that there is no cure or long-term treatment, at least for now. Eli Lilly suspended clinical trials for its once promising drug Semagacestat because...

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