Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study reveals how racism takes its toll on the brain and body

Structural racism has not only psychosocial but also biological consequences. Discrimination has been shown to contribute to mental and physical disorders including obesity, depression, and addiction, but the biological pathways ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

New immune culprit discovered in Alzheimer's disease

The reason your three-pound brain doesn't feel heavy is because it floats in a reservoir of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which flows in and around your brain and spinal cord. This liquid barrier between your brain and skull ...

Diabetes

Subcutaneous fat emerges as a protector of females' brains

Females' propensity to deposit more fat in places like their hips, buttocks and the backs of their arms, so-called subcutaneous fat, is protective against brain inflammation, which can result in problems like dementia and ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Novel PET imaging agent detects earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease

A new highly selective PET imaging agent can detect the presence of overexpressed monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) in cognitively unimpaired individuals with high beta amyloid (Ab)—one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease—according ...

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