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Joel S. Ross, MD, FACP, AGSF, CMD President and Founder of Memory Enhancement Center of America
 

Joel S. Ross, MD

MD FACP AGSF CMD CPI
President and Founder
 
Memory Enhancement Center
of America, Inc.
4 Industrial Way West, 2nd Floor
Eatontown, New Jersey 07724
732.571.1535
 

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ApoE4 testing

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

ApoE Genetic Testing To Estimate a Person’s Risk of Developing AD By Gabrielle Strobel Genetic and epidemiologic studies have confirmed ApoE to be the strongest known genetic risk factor for common late-onset AD. Having inherited a single ApoE ε4 variant increases one’s risk of developing AD by a factor of three in men and four [...]

Alzheimer’s Association and Clinical Trials: Let’s take a “real look”

Friday, January 6th, 2012

My research practice started in 1987, many years before the NJ Alzheimer’s Association Chapter even was in it’s planning stage. The biggest challenge facing me and the stuy enrollment was access to interested patients and their loved ones. Lecturing to community centers, being invited to talk at houses of worship, going to senior centers, assisted [...]

A World Without Alzheimer’s Disease

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

There might be very soon (perhaps in 2012) a new study which will try to reduce the hippocampus from shrinking in those individuals who carry ApoE4. Such individuals with or without a family history of dementia are high risk to develop such shrinkage of their hippocampi (the area of the brain where new memories are [...]

Merck and its BACE inhibitor

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

This information below is taken from a link from Merck’s recent presentation on it’s AD pipeline. A BACE inhibitor acts to inhibit the production of toxic amyloid beta peptides that are 42 amino long. It is currently under intense debate whether there should be drugs targeting any amount of amyloid in the brain. I believe [...]

Humanitarian of the Year Award

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

December 1, 2011 Ocean County –Dr. Joel S. Ross, President and Founder of Memory Enhancement Center of America, Inc., with offices in Toms River and Eatontown, has been named the “Alzheimer’s Respite Care Program (ARCP) 2011 Humanitarian of the Year” by Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey (CVCJ). The honor will be given at the Annual [...]

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