Press Releases & Statements (Page 17)
January 20, 2006
The Alliance Revokes Hwang’s Indispensable Person of the Year Award
It is with great disappointment that the Alliance for Aging Research announces the revocation of the Indispensable Person of the Year Award bestowed upon Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk at the Alliance’s Annual Bi Partisan Congressional Award’s Dinner last September 13.
November 14, 2005
Caregivers Can Impact Disease Outcomes for Colon Cancer Patients
Actor Miguel Ferrer and the Alliance for Aging Research join forces to educate about the important role of caregivers.
May 5, 2005
Experts Warn that Osteoporosis is Not a Priority
Experts Warned That Osteoporosis is not a Healthcare Priority for Patients or Physicians
March 11, 2005
Alliance Website Receives Two Awards
The Alliance for Aging Research is the honorable recipient of two merit awards for its website from the 2004 World Wide Web Health Awards Program.
March 1, 2005
Survey Shows Women Fear Losing Independence from Osteoporosis
A national survey highlights the importance of doctors understanding their patients’ fears about osteoporosis and how those fears can motivate them to take their medication.
December 16, 2004
Health Leaders Gather To Honor Legendary Aging Research Advocate
The Alliance for Aging Research and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) yesterday honored Florence Stephenson Mahoney (1899-2002), one of the nation’s foremost advocates for health research and a pioneer in the development of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), by dedicating a large open-air courtyard of the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center in her name.
September 21, 2004
Hutchinson, Baucus, and McClellan to Receive Awards
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX), Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), and Medicare Administrator, Dr. Mark McClellan were saluted for their support of medical research towards healthier aging at the Eleventh Annual Alliance for Aging Research Bipartisan Congressional Awards Dinner.
July 7, 2004
Alliance Launches Age-Related Macular Degeneration Campaign
The Alliance for Aging Research, a not-for-profit organization, has launched a new campaign on a leading cause of vision loss in people over 60, Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).
May 5, 2004
Americans Not Making Stroke – Irregular Heartbeat Connection
A new survey released today by the not-for-profit Alliance for Aging Research found that most Americans are unaware of one of the strongest risk factors for stroke.
February 24, 2004
Do You Know Your Life-Expectancy!?
The newly updated “Living To 100” calculator can help still more people be at least centenarian-like and live well into their older years spending the majority of their lives in good health, according to the Alliance for Aging Research.