ASCOG Advocate: September 12, 2014

Jack Kilby's integrated circuit

On this date, in 1958, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit and would go on to win the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention.  Where was Kilby employed when he invented the integrated circuit?

One of Medicare's architects died from melanoma.

Julianne Moore stars in "Still Alice," a film depicting a college professor who is diagnosed with Early-onset Familial Alzheimer's.

U.S. Senator Bob Casey plans to introduce legislation that will establish a caregiver corp to help fill the cap in caregiver availability.

Benzodiazepines linked to higher risk of Alzheimer's.

There will be no ASCOG Advocate on September 19 to give staff an opportunity to attend the 2014 Home and Community Based Services Conference.