Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center

Las Vegas gala fuels a noble cause to Keep Memory Alive

Oct 15, 2021 (2 a.m.)

By Arleigh Rodgers

Gwen Vaughn was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease about a year ago. But rather than facing Parkinson’s alone, Vaughn said she knew exactly where to find easy, affordable access to ...

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  Redesigning brain disease

  November 3, 2016

  By Dr. Dylan Wint

  Let’s try a quick experiment. Take a look around the room that you are in right now...

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  Healthy Habits: Dr. Jeffrey Cummings

  July 31, 2016

  It leaves me feeling like I am protecting my health and longevity ...

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  Segway antics, Brad Garrett on fumes (and NBC) and more from ‘Power of Love’ Gala

  May 24, 2016

  By John Katsilometes

  It was a uniquely Keep Memory Alive “Power of Love” Gala type of moment when the guy on the Segway custom-painted with metallic flames arrived on the red (or make that purple) carpet. ...

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  Tony Bennett’s medley ramps up the power at ‘Power of Love’

  May 22, 2016

  By John Katsilometes

  He kept saying it, in the run-up to the party, during and after: “This is overwhelming.” We know the feeling because when Tony Bennett closed “How Do You Keep the Music Playing” and hit the final, ...

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  Monday By the Numbers: ‘Power of Love’s’ 35-person turnout in 1995 — and 16,000 since

  May 16, 2016

  By John Katsilometes

  This week, Monday By the Numbers turns its spotlight on one of the year’s great philanthropic events — and events of any kind — the Keep Memory Alive “Power of Love” charity gala benefiting ...

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  Occasionally, Wynn’s place is Lim Las Vegas; Bennett swings to No. 90 at ‘Power of Love’

  December 10, 2015

  By John Katsilometes

  Steve Wynn, in a recent interview, spoke of the timeline for construction for his hotel on Macau’s Cotai Strip. That opening date was originally stated as March 25. Now it is June 25. Find out why ...

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  Andrea Bocelli’s voice, Robin Leach sit-down highlight Ruvo Center fete

  December 9, 2015

  By John Katsilometes

  The Sunday “Brunch With the Bocellis” at Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health drew 150 folks to the clinic’s Events Center. A function of Ruvo Center’s Keep Memory Alive charity division, the brunch served as an unveiling of ...

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  Kerry Simon was our first, and only, rock ’n’ roll chef

  September 11, 2015

  By John Katsilometes

  Kerry Simon will be forever remembered as the rock ’n’ roll chef, a title he didn’t attach to himself but was bestowed upon him by Rolling Stone magazine. He was not the first star chef in Las Vegas when he and partners Elizabeth Blau and Peter Morton opened ...

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  Boosted by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion, Keep Memory Alive gala is equal parts power and love

  June 14, 2015

  By John Katsilometes

  This was a customarily Las Vegas-fashioned event, the style and scope of which happens only here. A festival of love, philanthropy and opulence, the 19th annual Keep Memory Alive “Power of Love” gala played out Saturday night at MGM Grand Garden Arena.

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  Dr. Cummings, Ruvo Center’s Babe Ruth, is still swinging for the fences

  June 10, 2015

  By John Katsilometes

  The quality of what is offered at what is considered one of the Top Five medical facilities in the country far outpaces the amount of revenue on hand.

• Elaine Wynn foundation donates $2 million for Parkinson’s studies

  March 11, 2015

  By Jackie Valley

  The Elaine P. Wynn & Family Foundation recently donated $2 million to the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health to study Parkinson’s disease. The foundation gifted ...

• App would help those suffering from brain illness

  February 25, 2015

  By Jackie Valley

  A Las Vegas software development firm has teamed up with the Cleveland Clinic’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health to create an app to help those suffering from a brain illness. Raster, a company that ...

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  Is relief from Alzheimer’s disease on the horizon?

  November 19, 2014

  By Jackie Valley

  The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health hopes to enroll 10 to 15 people with Alzheimer's disease in a study of a drug that could ...

• Here’s to the dreamers, the visionaries, the community builders

  August 13, 2014

  By Myron Martin

  One day someone will write a history book about Las Vegas that includes this amazing period. I expect the story will use words like vision and visionary to describe the Southern Nevada that we are living in today.

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