With dementia cases expected to nearly triple worldwide by 2050, researchers are increasingly focused on identifying ways to prevent or delay the disease. While lifestyle and health-related factors, such as blood pressure ...
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When looking at genetic variants in a person's DNA that predispose them to disease, a new study has found having a higher number of genetic variants for increased pulse pressure is associated with a small, increased risk ...
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Alzheimer's disease begins to weave a web in the brain and remodel neuronal tissue 15 to 20 years before the first symptoms appear. From the time this happens, however, until the disease is diagnosed and, later, enters an ...
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A research team at the Brain Research Institute, Niigata University has found that APOE ε4, a genetic factor best known for increasing the risk of Alzheimer's disease, may also influence how pathological changes spread in ...
May 20, 2026
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Having a biological age older than chronological age is associated with a greater likelihood of developing dementia, a new study has shown. By combining measures of biological aging and genetic risk, researchers have identified ...
May 13, 2026
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Scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, along with collaborators at UC San Francisco, have discovered that APOE4, the most common genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, causes bone quality deficits specifically ...
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Rutgers-Newark researchers have shown that a genetic variant specific to African ancestry alters the brain in a way that could foretell the eventual development of Alzheimer's Disease. At the same time, their study revealed ...
Mar 18, 2026
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Researchers from the University of California San Diego have found that a novel blood-based biomarker can predict a woman's risk of developing dementia as many as 25 years before symptoms appear.
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A team of University of Kentucky researchers has uncovered a surprising clue in the battle against Alzheimer's disease that could help doctors predict, and ultimately prevent, a common side effect of the newest generation ...
Mar 9, 2026
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The gene most strongly correlated with Alzheimer's disease also boosts seizure activity by decreasing levels of ion pumps and energy-producing enzymes in neurons, a new study by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...
Feb 16, 2026
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