After seeing her father suffer from Alzheimer’s—and realizing too few women were included in narratives about brain disease—Maria Shriver founded the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement in 2010, toward the end of her term as First Lady of California. Twelve years later, it became a part of the Cleveland Clinic. Its Las Vegas research and treatment center recently received $8 million in funding to advance research on Alzheimer’s prevention, which is vital since there is no cure. It’s never too early to start, even folks in their 20s can “Exercise, prioritize your sleep and eat in a way that nourishes your brain,” Shriver says.
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