Banner Alzheimer’s Foundation has received a $10 million charitable investment from the family of the late J. Orin Edson for innovative dementia care and caregiver support for patients and families living with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders.

Give hospitalized children joy with the gift of a toy! 100% of your donation purchases toys, games and books to celebrate and reward the courage of Banner Children’s patients.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, more than 100 businesses and corporations have shown their support for our nonprofit health care system, generously donating to support Banner Health’s response efforts and our health care workforce.

Leukemia, lymphoma and brain tumors are among the most common cancers affecting children. A hematological disease, leukemias are cancers of the bone marrow and blood and occur at the highest rate, accounting for almost 1 out of 3 cancers in children. Not only was Savannah Perez one of those 60 children, the Tucson resident has battled acute lymphoblastic leukemia three times – starting at age 3, with a grueling three years of treatment.

An international team of researchers, including scientists from the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute and Banner Sun Health Research Institute here in Arizona, Lund University in Sweden, the drugmaker Eli Lilly and others, have identified a new blood test showing remarkable promise in detecting Alzheimer’s disease as early as two decades before symptoms appear.