It may seem natural to assume that people experience cognitive decline after age 90, but until recently, researchers had limited evidence about how advanced age affects the brain. This major knowledge gap will need to be ...
Aug 5, 2026
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Many people assume that some memory decline is an inevitable consequence of getting older. But a select group of older adults, known as "SuperAgers," reach their 80s and 90s while retaining memory performance as good as or ...
Jul 22, 2026
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Researchers at Niigata University have conducted the first comprehensive reappraisal in nearly 30 years of the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) associated with APOE-e4 homozygosity (e4*4) in the Japanese population. Their ...
Jun 29, 2026
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A new Columbia study has found clues of Alzheimer's beginnings, revealing how tau filaments—protein clumps that are closely linked to memory decline in Alzheimer's disease—get their start. The finding raises the prospect ...
May 29, 2026
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Exposure to one of the most toxic forms of mercury (methylmercury) may also disrupt the body's metabolic health, according to the findings of a new international study. The research, involving University of Bristol scientists ...
May 7, 2026
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A research team has, for the first time, identified at the cellular level why the olfactory system is the first to be damaged in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (dementia). The paper is published in the journal Alzheimer's ...
Apr 26, 2026
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Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have identified a promising drug target for Alzheimer's disease. The team found that removing an enzyme from neurons in the brain substantially reduces amyloid plaques—a hallmark ...
Feb 12, 2026
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Senescent fibroblasts are aging cells that no longer divide and protect against tumor development. Yet two decades have gone by since cell biologist Judith Campisi, Ph.D., paradoxically demonstrated that these same cells ...
Dec 3, 2025
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The suspected causes of Alzheimer's disease are diverse, and its cures are, today, nonexistent.
Oct 8, 2025
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Two years' involvement in programs focused on healthy eating, regular exercise and "brain training" exercises appears to have helped a wide range of older adults—even those at heightened risk of Alzheimer's—avoid cognitive ...
Jul 30, 2025
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