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EScrap News: Survey highlights public data security concerns
"More than a quarter of consumers are so concerned that data on their old mobile phones might be compromised that they wouldn’t trade in the devices, according to a survey. Blancco Technology Group, which provides data erasure and diagnostic equipment and...
Less Than 3% of Recycled Computing Devices Properly Wiped
"Researchers find that companies that refurbish or accept old equipment as donations don't necessarily clean them of data as promised. Here's some eyepopping data about the computing devices that wind up at businesses that refurbish computers or accept donated...
Save the Date! Palm Beach Police Recycling Event April 16
Join us in this fabulous opportunity to protect your information - both electronic and hard copy! Call us for more information, or reach out to us at...
What is Charitable ITAD, and how can you participate?
What is ITAD? ITAD is Information Technology Asset Disposition or Information Technology Asset Disposal. Charitable ITAD is when these assets are donated and put to good use. When faced with excess or outdated IT equipment, many organizations consider donating the...
Memory for Memory at Alzheimer’s Luncheon
Chris, our CEO, and Craig, our warehouse supervisor, attended the Alzheimer's Community Care luncheon today in Palm Beach, FL. The theme of the lunch was "Hello Spring," signifying the hope and new life that comes with community support for Alzheimer's patients and...
Memory for Memory donates computers to Connect to Greatness, Inc.
Memory for Memory donated ten computers to Connect to Greatness, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides mentoring, social responsibility, leadership, and other programming options to African-American/Black middle school boys through their Boys to Men Leadership Academy in South Palm Beach County.
Town of Palm Beach Police Department electronic recycling event
Our November electronic recycling event with the Town of Palm Beach Police Department was a huge success! We securely recycled 119 items totaling 1,209 lbs and generated $750 for Alzheimer’s Community Care.
NYT: How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop
NYT: “You know your laptop is filthy. You can see the dirt and grime on your keyboard. You can see that circle of skin oils on the middle of the trackpad. So when’s the last time you cleaned it?”
Alzheimer’s News
The News-Herald: Bill creating an Alzheimer’s task force passes Ohio Senate
"The Ohio Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would create an Alzheimer’s and Dementias Task Force. Ohio is the only state that has not created a comprehensive plan for what the bill’s sponsor, Republican Maineville Sen. Steve Wilson called a “growing public...
University of Arizona: Developing a Diverse Scientific Workforce To End the Alzheimer’s Epidemic
University of Arizona: "Roberta Diaz Brinton, inaugural director of the UA's Center for Innovation in Brain Science, has been awarded a $1.8 million NIH grant to develop a cross-disciplinary and translationally oriented workforce to discover new drugs for Alzheimer’s...
Fortune: Radical Approaches to Alzheimer’s and the Journey to Curing It
"Mei Mei Hu, United Neuroscience CEO, and Dr. Paul Alan Cox, Brain Chemistry Labs CEO, discuss their experience and research with Alzheimer’s and their approach to curing the disease." Watch the...
Gov. DeSantis Steps Up Alzheimer’s Efforts
"TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Gov. Ron DeSantis is directing the state Department of Health to add Alzheimer’s disease and related types of dementia as a priority in the State Health Improvement Plan. DeSantis made the announcement Thursday night at the Southeast...
USC: Diet reverses Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in lab model
"The findings — focused on components contained in green tea and carrots — lend credence to the idea that certain readily available, plant-based supplements might offer protection against dementia in people." "'You don’t have to wait 10 to 12 years for a designer drug...
NYT: Supplements Won’t Prevent Dementia. But These Steps Might.
"Scientists still have no magic shield against Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Yet there is evidence that some strategies may help. Donna Kaye Hill realized that her 80-year-old mother was faltering cognitively when her phone suddenly stopped working. When...
Dear Dr Nina: ‘My lovely mum has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s’
Independent (Ireland): "Be patient with your mother and it's important to keep things in the same place" "Q: My lovely mum has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and she is obviously very upset about it. I have moved home and will be her carer and I was...
ScienceBlog: How Exercise May Protect Against Alzheimer’s
"Athletes know a vigorous workout can release a flood of endorphins: “feel-good” hormones that boost mood. Now evidence shows that exercise produces another hormone that may improve memory and protect against Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study co-led by Ottavio...
Business Journal: Health system receives $28 million grant to study Alzheimer’s disease
"Wake Forest Baptist Health will deploy a $28 million grant from the Alzheimer’s Association in an effort to confirm via clinical trials recent findings by researchers in Finland. The findings WFBH hopes to validate suggest lifestyle choices can help keep aging adults...
Could This Radical New Approach to Alzheimer’s Lead to a Breakthrough?
Fortune Magazines cover article for the month discusses Paul Cox, an ethnobotanist, and his new approach to treating Alzheimer's. While Big Pharma has spent billions on new drugs and treatments to prevent or halt Alzheimer's, most of their studies have gone nowhere....
