Walk to End Alzheimer’s returns to Boston

This year’s 16th annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s proved to be the most successful yet. “We’re hoping to stay number one again this year”.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s participants learned about the disease, advocacy opportunities, clinical studies enrollment and support programs and services.

“There is a recent and growing literature on the associations between vitamin D status and risk of Alzheimer’s disease/dementia, cognitive decline and brain atrophy”, said Dr. Joshua W. Miller of Rutgers University. The 2015 goal was $82,000, and as of Saturday afternoon the event raised $76,000. “I had no concept what Alzheimer’s was and I realized the exhausting approach”. With an intention of battling against this appalling disease, people from Huntington on Saturday got down onto the pavements in order to raise awareness among the general public, and raise money required for the research notwithstanding the bleak weather.

Through tears and painful emotions, Gayle explained how Alzheimer’s almost ripped her family apart watching her mother Carmen suffer for eight years with the disease before passing away.

“I didn’t know it was so prevalent before what happened to Buck”, said Janice Delaney, whose husband died from Alzheimer’s disease 18 months ago.

“There’s so many people that live with it, and we have the opportunity to give back”, said 17-year-old Evan Taber, who hopped onto the stage to dance.

Participants started the day with a ceremony held at Target Field, honoring those affected by the disease.

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 5.3 million people in the USA have the disease, and “it’s the only cause of death in the top 10 in America that cannot be prevented, cured or slowed down”, occupying in the 6th position. This event also massively helped by raising an amount that accounted to almost hundreds of millions of dollars to the Alzheimer’s Association.