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The Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center (CNADC) is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to the following pursuits: conducting research to discover how the brain coordinates mental functions such as memory, language, attention, and emotion transferring the benefits of this research to patients with brain diseases that impair cognitive function training researchers and clinicians who want to work in this field
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Building relationships amid memory loss (4/10/12) Little-known type of dementia strikes at behavior (3/21/12) CNADC's Super Aging Research featured in Chicago Sun-Times- Chicago Sun Times (2/11/12) Schaumburg man doesn�t let his loss of speech crush his spirit- Daily Herald (1/29/12) CNADC Fall 2011 Newsletter is now available (1/6/12) Watch Jason Boschan's YouTube video that he created to raise awareness and support for PPA (Primary Progressive Aphasia) Research (10/6/11) Dr. Diana Kerwin quoted in Chicago Tribune story on Younger Onset Alzheimer's Disease (9/21/11) Dr. Weintraub is quoted in ABC News Story regarding Rat Robertson�s controversial comments on divorce and Alzheimer's disease (9/15/11) Alzheimer's Disease: Improv Lets Patients Live in the Moment (8/16/11) NU alum, CBS correspondent to speak about personal experience with Alzheimer's (8/16/11)			The 18th Annual Alzheimer Day will be held Thursday, May 10, 2012 featuring keynote speaker Reisa Sperling, MD, Harvard Medical School, "Can We Detect Alzheimer's Disease a Decade Before Dementia: and Why Would We Want To?" Registration is now open. Materials from the 2012 FTD/PPA Caregiver Education and Support Conference are now available. Jason Boschan is running the GREAT WALL OF CHINA MARATHON to raise money for PPA research and education at CNADC. To read more about Jason's journey, please click here. If you would like to follow Jason's journey, you can visit his website at www.run4papa.com. If you would like to donate to his cause, please click here. Younger Onset Support & Education Group is now meeting monthly starting October 10, 2011. To learn more about the program click here for more information. To learn more about Young Onset Dementia click here.