By Maria Teresa Ferretti, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, WBP This third panel of the International Forum on Women’s Brain and Mental Health will take Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) as a case study of a disease that affects men and women differently, and explore how such sex and gender differences could be leveraged to improve […]
The Women’s Brain Project is excited to share that we’re partnering with USAgainstAlzheimer’s and the Global Alliance on Women’s Health to bring the Be Brain Powerful® initiative to Switzerland. As a first step, we’re launching a “Pre-campaign Survey” on August 1, the Swiss National Day. You can access the [...]
These are strange times we live in! I love history. And I know that history are alwys repeated itself. In the spring of 1350, the plague spread in Sweden. Queen Blanka at Varberg’s fortress made a fantastic effort. When she fought her pessents pessent not spreading the virus infection, but one third of Sweden died […]
In the name off medical trials finally a breakthrough on the medical area! Biogen and its partner Eisai, plan to seek approval for the Alzheimer’s treatment, aducanumab, from the US Food and Drug Administration in 2020. So good news, Hoping that Biogen has capacity to get the drug out fast! Because I feel my brain […]
For World Alzheimer’s Day 2019, the global theme is stigma. To us, a first step is to talk about Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), as scary as it might be. However, we do not feel that today is a day for us to us our words. Rather, it is a day to give voice to the Alzheimer’s […]
I attended the Woman Brain and Mental helath meeting in Zurich. I off course helt a speeche so here we go! During the last 3 years I have developed some kind of superpowers, because I need to save my kids from a horrible thing. It’s a monster that can swallow me and them whole! […]
I did an aperens for the medical company Rhouge this afternoon. If you ask me it went very well. I’m so fortunate to be able to make my mark in the world of Alzheimer’s. This is my words: As introduced My name i s Sofia Petersson I was a very ordinary person. But lately I […]
Me and the family went to the DIAN meeting in Chicago 20-21 july It’s so nice to meet the mutant friends and be part of a group of people that gets me. It was a mix off laughter and tears. The city is a beautiful place. So many things to do. I think that my […]
Al of month off May has been super hot in south of Sweden. 77 fahrenheit and up to 86 fahrenheit. In europe that will translate to 28-30 celsius. I can’t walk Sam the dog until the evening so we just chill in the shadows. In the afternoon we will Walk, bike or drive down to […]
Picture off my High School graduation Spring cleaning made me sad! I found a lot off handwritten notes in my closet when I was cleaning. All off them about dad and his alzheimers…… In the beginning It was easy for me to tell people. And if you would have seen me out and about in […]
So 27th of january I had my birthday! 42 years old, my question to myself is what have I learned in life so far? I learned that my husband is a sneaky bastard.He had me totally fooled on on my birthday. He gave me instructions in the morning, I was not to open the beverage […]
27th Alzheimer Europe Conference was in Berlin this year and the Woman’s brain project was invited by the medical company Roche. My part in the conference was to be on a discussion panel about caregiving to a family member together with Annemarie Schumacher Dimech But first me and my husband Anders was keen on getting […]
O my, this friday there was a mediastorm coming through our house! It all started on monday when a old work colleague from my days as a news photographer contacted me. She is still a journalist and works for the government owned television network. They wanted to do a piece on my situation as a […]
The most wonderful days in London last weekend. The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN hade their yearly international meeting in London. DIAN is an international research partnership of leading scientists determined to understand a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease that is caused by a gene mutation. There are three known mutations in [...]
