Las Vegas has long been a city of dazzling lights, towering resorts and a rhythm that draws the world to its famous Strip. But beyond the neon and spectacle lies another story — one of resilience, community and second chances. It is here, in the quieter neighborhoods of the Historic Westside, that Vera Jackson Moore is rewriting what it means to begin again.
Did you ever start a project that was a deeply buried dream of yours only to find it take on a life of its own once set in motion? Well, that is what this story of hope is all about.
Alzheimer’s patients and their loved ones have a renewed sense of hope now that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration approved the first Alzheimer’s drug in nearly two decades. Dr. Kate Zhong, MD, MSC, FRCP (C), and her husband Dr. Jeffrey Cummings, MD, SCD have put Las Vegas on the map for brain research advancements and have focused all of their work on brain disorders—specifically Alzheimer’s.
Our lives have been paused since March 16, 2020. Whatever we experienced in the last two and a half months, will take time to maturate and assimilate. Trying to find a new normal is impossible. Life has never been normal. Trying to understand “new” normal is an oxymoron, branded by the unconscious majority.
