Alzheimer's disease

Health

Long term high-fat diet expands waistline and shrinks brain

New research shows that fatty foods may not only be adding to your waistline but also playing havoc with your brain.

Jul 8, 2022

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Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Study suggests resistance training can prevent or delay Alzheimer's disease

Regular physical exercise, such as resistance training, can prevent Alzheimer's disease, or at least delay the appearance of symptoms, and serves as a simple and affordable therapy for Alzheimer's patients. This is the conclusion ...

Jul 3, 2023

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Neuroscience

New treatment reverses Alzheimer's disease signs, improves memory function in preclinical study

A "chaperone" molecule that slows the formation of certain proteins reversed disease signs, including memory impairment, in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study from researchers at the Perelman School ...

Dec 20, 2023

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Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Single brain scan can diagnose Alzheimer's disease

The research uses machine learning technology to look at structural features within the brain, including in regions not previously associated with Alzheimer's. The advantage of the technique is its simplicity and the fact ...

Jun 20, 2022

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Neuroscience

How the brain remembers where you're going

Researchers have made new discoveries about how certain brainwaves aid navigation. They hope that the methods may benefit patients suffering from neurodegenerative disorders one day.

Jul 5, 2019

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Neuroscience

Self-reflection linked to improved late-life cognition and brain health

Self-reflection is positively associated with cognition late in life as well as glucose metabolism, a marker of brain health, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Jul 22, 2022

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Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Several vaccines associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease in adults 65 and older

Prior vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria, with or without pertussis (Tdap/Td); herpes zoster (HZ), better known as shingles; and pneumococcus are all associated with a reduced risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, ...

Aug 16, 2023

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Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Study details molecular roots of Alzheimer's

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have detailed the structure of a molecule that has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease. Knowing the shape of the molecule—and how that shape may be ...

Dec 20, 2016

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