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7th MCI Symposium 2009 Institutional Sponsors

A Special Thanks to the Wien Family. For Encouraging and Helping to Start this MCI Symposium SeriesFor Supporting the MCI Symposium in this Difficult Year . Some Views About Memory. ABRAHAM LINCOLN : The world will little note nor long remember what we say here. ALBERT SCHWEITZER: Happiness is

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7th MCI Symposium 2009 Institutional Sponsors

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    1. 7th MCI Symposium 2009 Institutional Sponsors

    2. A Special Thanks to the Wien Family For Encouraging and Helping to Start this MCI Symposium Series For Supporting the MCI Symposium in this Difficult Year

    3. Some Views About Memory ABRAHAM LINCOLN : The world will little note nor long remember what we say here. ALBERT SCHWEITZER: Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. JOSH BILLINGS: There are a lot of people who mistake their imagination for their memory. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: Creditors have better memories than debtors. AUSTIN O’MALLEY: Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food. 

    4. Goals of the 7th MCI Symposium, 2009 To Present Current Perspectives of Cognitive Subtypes of MCI (Epidemiological, Genetic, Clinical and Imaging Features). To Present Perspectives of Etiological Subtypes of MCI (Biological, Genetic, Clinical and Imaging Features). To Discuss Why, When, Where and How the Diagnosis of MCI should be Disclosed to Patients and their Families. To Present Current Non-pharmacological and Pharmacological Approaches to Primary and Secondary Prevention of MCI Syndromes

    5. There are Many Subtypes of MCI & Many Ways to Operationlize

    6. The Spectrum from Normal to Dementia

    7. Algorithmic Dx – Procedure Physician’s Diagnosis (PhysDx) (Normal, MCI, Dementia) (0, 0.5, 1) + Neuropsychological Diagnosis (NPDx) (NCI, naMCI-1,2; aMCI-1,2; Dementia) = Algorithmic Dx (according to a look-up table).

    8. Cognitive Reserve (Keeps you floating over the submerged ice) Resilience to neuropathological brain damage, such as amyloid deposits and strokes. Reserve may be increased by educational experiences and lifestyle. Enrichment of environment mitigates cognitive decline in mice; cognitive rehabilitation and physical activity mitigates cognitive decline in humans.

    9. Alcohol Consumption as a Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s

    10. Alzheimer Research Forum www.alzforum.org A research community without borders Founded in 1996 Not-for-profit Free to all users Target - AD researchers everywhere 4,600+ (~30-40%) are members Virtual conference for this meeting

    11. Resources and Guides for Individuals with MCI and Very Mild Dementia by Mona Johnson The Tangled Neuron www.tangledneuron.info Medical and legal information Resource directory for caregivers Information about clinical trials, support groups, etc Living well with memory loss Practical Hint and Tips about Age Associated Memory Loss, MCI and Mild Stages of AD Emphasis on Positive Steps Towards Improving Quality of Life

    12. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. ~ Benjamin Franklin Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.  ~ Oscar Wilde Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.  ~ J. Paul Getty Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.  ~ Woody Allen ??? (space reserved for a statement from Bernie Madoff)

    13. Corporate Sponsors - 2009

    14. Corporate Sponsors - 2008

    15. MCI Symposium Philosophy If you build it they will come (depending on what you build, of course…)

    16. Keynote Speakers for 2009 Friday March 27th: Dr Ron Petersen, MD, PhD Professor of Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Research, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN “MCI: Ten Years Later” Saturday March 28th: Dr Vladimir Hachinski, MD, ScD Professor, Neurology & Epidemiology University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario “Prevention of Dementing Disorders”

    18. Acknowledgements Warren (Billy) Barker Yirah Ochoa Sheila Carmona & Tricia Murphy Charlene Welker The Staff of the Wien Center and the Florida ADRC

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