Ronald Reagan's Alzheimer's A Journey of Grace and Acceptance

On November 5, 1994, former President Ronald Reagan published a letter to the American people announcing his diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers Visar Berisha, PhD, and Julie Liss, PhD, found that Reagan's speech included early signs of Alzheimer's more frequently toward the ... Comedian Will Ferrell is set to play Ronald Reagan in an upcoming biopic on the president and many are not thrilled about the casting. 14, 2011 — -- In an interview with "20/20", Ron Reagan, the son of President Ronald Reagan, said that when his father was in office, no one ... When Reagan announced his illness in 1994, Alzheimer's advocates were still struggling to convince many families that the fading memory and ... President Ronald Reagan died of pneumonia, a complication of Alzheimer's disease, on June 5, 2004, at his California home. Ronald Reagan, the cheerful crusader whodevoted his presidency to winning the Cold War, trying to scale back government and making people ... In a book due out next week the younger son of former President Reagan "suggests [that his father] suffered from Alzheimer's disease while ... In 1994, President Reagan revealed that he himself had Alzheimer's disease. The actions of President Reagan started to raise awareness and ... With the passage of the Alzheimer's Accountability Act in 2014, researchers at NIH now directly submit to Congress a budget containing the ...