The Future of Alzheimer’s: Hope in the Long-Term
November 19, 2010 by Lillie
This week, I participated in an Alzheimer’s roundtable conference call sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). The call was moderated by Ed Belkin, Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs, PhRMA, and speakers included David Wheadon, M.D., Senior Vice President for Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, PhRMA; David Michelson, M.D., Vice President, Clinical Neuroscience Research, Merck Research Laboratories; Phil Iredale, Head of Neurodegeneration Biology, Pfizer; Richard Mohs, Global Product Development, Eli Lilly and Company; and Trish Vandenberg, USAgainstAlzheimers.
Participating bloggers included Joanne Reynolds of Blueprint for Caregiving and Nora Nagatani of aboutalz.com.
The panelists agreed that Alzheimer’s Disease is already a major crisis and getting worse as the baby boomers age. However, the good news is that nearly 100 clinical trials are underway, and even the trials that have already failed have provided valuable information. Pharmaceutical companies are partnering with academia, and Alzheimer’s is one of the top research priorities. The researchers were all optimistic that the research will eventually lead to effective treatments for this devastating disease.
A transcript of the roundtable will be posted on the PhRMA website soon.
Some of the researchers on the call appear in the video below.
More Free E-Books
March 9, 2010 by Lillie
I have added the following short how-to e-books to Smashwords. The books are free through March 13, 2010 with the coupon code RFREE. Visit my Smashwords page to order any of my e-books. I’m also including the novels Dream or Destiny, Stroke of Luck, and Fern’s Fancies in the Read an E-Book Week promotion.
Learn how to find the information you need — whether it’s knowledge critical for your family’s health, intelligence important for the success of your business, facts useful in making buying decisions, or simply lore you want to know. Discover how to evaluate the reliability of the data you gather as well. Links to almost 100 sites useful for research.
Families often lose their histories through the generations, which may explain why genealogy — the process of trying to trace and recapture that history — is hugely popular. Learn how to preserve your precious family memories for future generations, whether you simply want to print a few copies on your computer or publish a hardcover book to sell to the general public.
You can learn to care for your houseplants even if you weren’t born with a green thumb. All you need to have beautiful indoor plants is to know a few secrets and to give your plants a little love and attention. Turn your brown thumb green and take pleasure and pride in your houseplants.
If you’re confused about e-book formats, you’ll find a handy matrix at Wordsupply showing what programs/devices read various e-book formats.
Don’t forget to visit Read an E-Book Week and Smashwords for more free e-books this week … after you’ve checked out all my free e-books.
Research
June 9, 2008 by Lillie
Writers often have to conduct research for their writing projects, and all of us have to find information we need on a regular basis. A question from a client reminded me of an ebook I wrote several years ago, Finding the Information You Need — Research Tips for Your Family, Business, or Personal Pursuits.
Research doesn’t have to mean looking through microscopes in laboratories for science projects or reading musty history tomes for term papers. Learn how to find the information you need—whether it’s knowledge critical for your family’s health, intelligence important for the success of your business, facts useful in making buying decisions, or simply lore you want to know. Discover how to evaluate the reliability of the data you gather as well.
In addition to research tips, the article includes a number of resources to make it easier for you to find the information you need.
Reference resources for writers and readers
November 22, 2006 by Lillie
As a follow-up to my post about resources for writers, I thought I would share reference sites that are excellent resources for both writers and readers.
On the Reference Resources page, you will find links to dictionaries and other reference books, libraries, search engines to find people and companies, grammar and style guides, quotations and sayings, and a free report on how to do research.
The listing includes sites to help you whether you’re looking for homework help for your child, the answer to a grammar question for a report at work, the phone number for a person or company in another state, or the source of a favorite quotation.
If you’re a writer, you’ll recognize the value of these reference resources that can help you research and write your book, article … or whatever you’re writing.
