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7 07, 2023

How to Ensure Better Brain Health

By |2023-07-07T13:15:05+00:00July 7, 2023|Education, Health and Wellbeing|Comments Off on How to Ensure Better Brain Health

Foster Good Brain Health Habits Do not wait for symptoms of cognitive decline! While Alzheimer’s disease has no cure yet, 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting modifiable risk factors. Start caring for your brain health NOW! and fight this disease before you are at risk. Diet: Foods that are rich in Omega-3 fatty acids and the Mediterranean Diet have been shown to help reduce the risk of memory loss by preventing plaques that build up between neurons and reduce inflammation in your body. Exercise: [...]

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9 05, 2023

Columbus Memory Center Helps Test Breakthrough Drug

By |2023-07-07T13:15:46+00:00May 9, 2023|Alzheimer's News|Comments Off on Columbus Memory Center Helps Test Breakthrough Drug

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 3, 2023 Media Contact: Cole Archer Director of Marketing & Communications Communication@LissMD.com (706) 327-4000   Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) have announced that Alzheimer’s drug, donanemab, showed the ability to significantly slow cognitive decline in those with early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease. Eli Lilly stated that they plan to file for FDA approval on this drug by the end of June.  Columbus, Georgia, home to Columbus Memory Center, once again played a substantial role in this drug’s journey to success. COLUMBUS, GA. May 3rd, 2023 – [...]

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19 12, 2022

Detecting Dementia During the Holidays

By |2022-12-19T15:39:49+00:00December 19, 2022|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Caregivers, Education|Comments Off on Detecting Dementia During the Holidays

Celebrating holidays means celebrating family. What a wonderful time for families to listen, and to collect stories from their Parents and Grandparents. This magical time is also a wonderful opportunity to detect troubles with short-term memory, and if present, seek help early on. Thankfully, our brains tend to hold onto long term memories like our childhood and early adulthood quite well. However, confusion about things that happened today,  yesterday, last week, and last month are often the earliest sign of a dementing process. According to Alzheimers.gov the following symptoms are [...]

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30 09, 2022

Small city makes a huge international impact.

By |2022-09-30T12:48:20+00:00September 30, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Small city makes a huge international impact.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2022 Media Contact: Amanda McGee Director of Marketing & Communications Communication@LissMD.com (706) 327-4000 Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. have announced that Lecanemab has demonstrated a significant reduction of clinical decline in early Alzheimer’s disease. Lecanemab is likely to be the first fully approved disease modifying drug for this dreaded illness. Columbus, Georgia, home to Columbus Memory Center, has less than 200,000 people, but enrolled the third highest number of research subjects for each of Lecanemab’s pivotal trials COLUMBUS, GA. Sept 28, 2022 – Columbus [...]

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26 09, 2022

Gamer Grandparents: How gaming helps stimulate the brain for dementia patients.

By |2022-09-26T18:34:09+00:00September 26, 2022|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Caregivers, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Gamer Grandparents: How gaming helps stimulate the brain for dementia patients.

You may not realize it, but the boomer generation invented computerized games. In 1952 the first graphic-based computer tic-tac-toe game was invented by a Cambridge Ph.D. student A.S. Dougless. Dougless, however, was not credited with the first real video game, the honor is given to William Higinbotham who created “Tennis for Two” in 1958. These two games inspired others to create even more complex games such as “SpaceWar” in 1962 by Steve Russell and “Chase” in 1967 by Ralph Baer. The first arcade games were created in 1971 by [...]

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30 03, 2022

Columbus Memory Center becomes nation’s first dementia research center to receive educational grant for improving minority participation in Alzheimer’s research.

By |2022-03-30T14:49:36+00:00March 30, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Columbus Memory Center becomes nation’s first dementia research center to receive educational grant for improving minority participation in Alzheimer’s research.

Columbus Memory Center is rewarded for its proven success and innovative approach to providing inclusive Alzheimer’s care and research. Columbus, GA – Columbus Memory Center has been chosen to receive a $150,000 grant to promote the safeguards, benefits, and honesty of today’s FDA approved Alzheimer’s research trials to Columbus’ minority communities. “Columbus Memory Center already out-performs most of the nation’s Alzheimer’s research centers in both patient recruitment and minority inclusion” according to its Medical Director, Dr. Jonathan Liss.  “For this reason, along with our innovative approaches [...]

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20 10, 2021

Help yourself, Help your family, Help the next generation!

By |2021-10-20T14:50:33+00:00October 20, 2021|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Community Outreach, Education|Comments Off on Help yourself, Help your family, Help the next generation!

Participate in Alzheimer’s Prevention and Treatment Research: Columbus Memory Center is fortunate to have Columbus, and Columbus is fortunate to have Columbus Memory Center. Offering the same FDA approved trials as Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, Emory, and other major institutions, the partnership between our regional community and Columbus Memory Center is making a difference. If you have a family history of Dementia, carry the gene that can put you at high risk, or have been diagnosed with Dementia, Alzheimer’s or Mild Cognitive Impairment, consider participating in Clinical Research. Research [...]

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17 06, 2021

CMC gives the first infusion by a non-university based medical practice

By |2021-07-23T17:52:58+00:00June 17, 2021|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Health and Wellbeing, Research|Comments Off on CMC gives the first infusion by a non-university based medical practice

"We finally have a drug available for Alzheimer’s disease that modifies and slows the illness" - Dr. Jonathan Liss For Immediate Release, June 17, 2021 Columbus, GA – Columbus Memory Center (CMC) is excited to announce the first infusion of the new Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, by a non-university based medical practice. This milestone also represents the first infusion of this FDA approved therapy for Alzheimer’s disease in the Southeastern United States and only the second patient to be treated in the country. The patient, and his family, wish to [...]

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10 06, 2021

A Giant Step Forward in the Fight to Eliminate Alzheimer’s Disease

By |2021-07-23T17:57:17+00:00June 10, 2021|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Health and Wellbeing, Research|Comments Off on A Giant Step Forward in the Fight to Eliminate Alzheimer’s Disease

  FDA instituted its Accelerated Approval Program for Biogen's Aduhelm (aducanumab) This week, the FDA approved Aduhelm (aducanumab), “the first novel therapy approved for Alzheimer’s disease since 2003.” Columbus Memory Center is proud to have played an important role in aducanumab’s journey to FDA approval and will continue research for this and many other drugs that will aid in our fight to end Alzheimer’s disease. “This is a major moment in medical history. It is a moment I have been working towards for 30 years. [...]

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11 05, 2021

A Mediterranean Diet, according to researchers, could reduce risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia

By |2021-07-28T19:44:31+00:00May 11, 2021|Alzheimer's and Dementia, Health and Wellbeing|Comments Off on A Mediterranean Diet, according to researchers, could reduce risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia

A delicious way to fight memory loss. We are sure you have seen this headline floating around the internet, the Mediterranean Diet that may reduce or prevent memory loss. Is there science to back the claim? The answer is a surprising, Yes! Out of all the diets out there, however, why is the Mediterranean Diet so much more effective? The Mediterranean diet leans heavily on healthy fats found in Olive oil and Fish. With the Mediterranean Diet, meals are built around vegetable and fruits while [...]

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