October 7th, 20221By Lucas Resetar, special to The Arab American News and New Michigan Media
In the year 2000, 11-year-old Marwan Mikhael left Iraq with his father. After crossing into Jordan and enduring a difficult and dangerous journey, he ended up at a small refugee camp in Bulgaria.
“There was no food and little water,” Mikhael said. “I...
April 30th, 20220ANN ARBOR — To cap off Arab American Heritage Month, The Arab American News is highlighting the important work the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD) at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan continues to do in the community.
The center, led by Arab American researchers...
August 31st, 20210DEARBORN — After a pause on activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a program for seniors is resuming its activities every Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the Islamic Center of America (ICA) in Dearborn.
The program provides social and educational activities at ICA to the area’s seniors, though the program is open to all,...
June 16th, 20210On Wednesday, a U.S. hospital will give the first infusion of an expensive, controversial new Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen Inc. before Medicare had even said what it will pay for — and with some doctors upset by its approval last week.
The first administration of the drug, Aduhelm, outside of a clinical trial is scheduled to take...
March 31st, 20210A breakthrough in the development of an early prediction of Alzheimer’s disease is underway, thanks to researchers at Beaumont.
Scientists at Beaumont Health have used precision medicine to discover a simple blood test that may provide an early prediction of the disease in patients. The research team, led by Beaumont geneticist Dr....
October 17th, 20200DEARBORN — The Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease has teamed up with Arab Xpressions at the University of Michigan (U of M) to bring a unique skit that explores how a medical word for dementia is often misused in the Arab community.
The skit premiered Friday, Oct. 9 as part of a MCCFAD community event...
July 25th, 20200DEARBORN — COVID-19 has been a difficult ordeal for Sylvana Berry, 24, and her family. Berry is extremely close to and has been directly involved in the care of her grandmother, Samira Baghdadi, who has Alzheimer’s Disease.
Baghdadi migrated to the U.S. in 1976 with her husband and six children, escaping from the Lebanese Civil...
June 10th, 20200The Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD) and The Arab American News have partnered to bring our readers this exclusive interview on Mediterranean-style diet and Alzheimer’s disease and dementias. Read our article on MCCFAD and its work here.
Henry L. Paulson, M.D., Ph.D., is the Lucile Groff...
May 12th, 20200The following article is contributed by Donna Jawad, Community Outreach Specialist at the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD). It has been edited for style
As we learn more about Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias, one should keep in mind that though we have not yet found a cure, there are...
February 27th, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — At a community gathering on Saturday, Feb. 15, organized by the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD) at the University of Michigan, elderly Arab Americans and their families learned of new approaches to long-term care and prevention and joined in a lively discussion.
Held at...
January 17th, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer's Disease (MCCFAD) is a newly formed Resource Center for Minority Aging (RCMAR), housed at the University of Michigan and funded by the National Institute on Aging.
The center partners with Michigan State University, Wayne State University and Eastern...
March 16th, 20180LIVONIA — Hussein Younes, 89, grew up in Lebanon and immigrated to the United States in the 1990s. He was a patient at Autumnwood of Livonia in 2015 until his son placed a hidden camera in his room, discovered proof of abuse and pulled him out of the facility immediately.
Salim Younes placed the camera by his father’s bedside...
