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More than any other season, summer tends to bring back memories from the past. A warm breeze may make it seem like only yesterday when you were running through sprinklers, eating homemade ice cream, and chasing fireflies. Here at the Fisher Center, we’re working diligently to preserve precious memories like these by searching for a cure and more effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

In “MetLife Foundation Awards Scientists for Research in Alzheimer’s Disease,” on page 14 of this issue, you can read about Alzheimer’s advancements being made by some of the world’s top scientists. And our feature story on page 8 asks the question: “Is an Effective Alzheimer’s Treatment at Hand?”

Also in this issue, we have plenty of articles that will help you incorporate your favorite things about summer into your life as a caregiver. We’re covering healthy summer fruits; gardening, with Justin Cave, host of the HGTV show Ground Breakers; and aquatic exercise. And if you’re still looking for more ways to enjoy your summer, we have 10 more suggestions for you on page 20.

So, get to reading … And once you finish this issue of Preserving Your Memory, put it down and head outside to enjoy your summer. We hope this season will bring back many warm memories for you—and help you create new ones, too.

Funded by a grant from the MetLife Foundation, Preserving Your Memory is a quarterly magazine with 100,000 issues per quarter distributed to physicians’ offices throughout the United States.

We hope you enjoy our publication.