LAS VEGAS (KTNV) Las Vegas is in a class by itself for so many reasons and is now at the forefront of Alzheimer's research. <\/p>\n
Dave Courvoisier got wind of a groundbreaking new study that's unlike any in the world, happening right now at the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. He met one woman who's grateful to be a part of it.<\/p>\n
\"So my mother had Alzheimer's and I was with her,\" said Jodi Manzella.<\/p>\n
Alzheimer's disease is a sworn enemy for Manzella. It took her mother and then struck again. Her brother also had the disease before he passed away from complications from it.<\/p>\n
Now she's taking part in a first-of-its-kind study focusing strictly on Alzheimer's in women.<\/p>\n
\"We opened the Women's Alzheimer's Movement Prevention Center because women represent two-thirds of the people currently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease,\" said neuropsychiatrist Dr. Jessica Caldwell with the Cleveland Clinic.<\/p>\n
She's excited to be at the center of it, hoping to lead to better understanding and, ultimately, better prevention.<\/p>\n
BETTER PREVENTION<\/p>\n
\"We know that up to 40 percent of current Alzheimer's cases might've been prevented if we had known then what we know now about lifestyle,\" Caldwell said.<\/p>\n
It's a confounding puzzle, figuring out why it strikes mostly women.<\/p>\n
\"I didn't know how disproportionate this disease affected with gender, so it really was surprising when I had first seen information about this program and targeting women with Alzheimer's,\" Manzella said. <\/p>\n
But a study of this size takes money and influence, and that's where Cleveland Clinic's partnership with the Women's Alzheimer's Movement headed by Maria Shriver comes in.<\/p>\n
\"The Women's Alzheimer's Movement Prevention Center here at the Cleveland Clinic is a landmark center. It's the first of its kind in the world to focus on women,\" Shriver said. <\/p>\n
Shriver's appearance at the Lou Ruvo Center in Las Vegas energized the program with funds, advocacy, and momentum.<\/p>\n
MAKE A DIFFERENCE<\/p>\n
\"What's fantastic about this prevention center is it says, we want to get you when you're young, when you're healthy and when you can make a difference. That's got to save not only your family and yourself financially, emotionally, spiritually, cognitively it will save our country,\" Shriver said. <\/p>\n
\"Maria Shriver's Women's Alzheimer's Movement, they have a really amazing track record of raising funds for Alzheimer's disease, specifically. So to be able to have that resource in our corner is really amazing,\" Caldwell said. <\/p>\n
And amazing because women like Jodi Manzella now have more hope to rise above their family history.<\/p>\n
Right now the study is full, but there is a waiting list to get in on this first-of-its-kind study right here in Las Vegas. You can also help with program funding.<\/p>\n
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