Nursing homes accused of false diagnoses to hide drug use
A new report says some U.S. nursing homes may be falsely diagnosing patients with schizophrenia in order to justify using powerful antipsychotic drugs to manage them.
Mar 23, 2026
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Nervous System Diseases: News and Research on Alzheimer Disease
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Improving heart health may not be enough to protect against Alzheimer's disease
In a recent study, researchers found that exercise and aggressive cardiovascular risk reduction successfully improved heart health, but these efforts did not produce measurable cognitive benefits over two years in older adults ...
Mar 23, 2026
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Hormone therapy and dementia risk: What a new study says about menopause treatment
Hormone therapy is widely used to treat menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats. But scientists have long debated whether it affects dementia risk.
Mar 21, 2026
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Weight-loss drug semaglutide does not slow Alzheimer's disease, two clinical trials find
Oral semaglutide (a GLP-1 pill) is not effective at slowing progression in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease, finds the first large Phase III randomized controlled trials on the topic published in The Lancet.
Mar 20, 2026
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Stability of brain's internal compass may help explain how memories last
A new discovery by McGill researchers sheds light on how we retain memories over time, even though brain activity is constantly changing. Published in Nature, the preclinical study found the brain's internal compass remains ...
Mar 20, 2026
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MRI study finds Down syndrome brain lesions can shrink over time
What has long been interpreted as permanent and irreversible vascular damage may not be exclusively so. In people with Down syndrome—one of the most robust populations for studying Alzheimer's disease due to the near-universal ...
Mar 19, 2026
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Microscopic 'intrabodies' unlock new treatments for motor neuron disease and Alzheimer's
New treatments for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and motor neuron disease (MND) could be unlocked thanks to microscopic medicines developed by researchers at the University of Essex. Using artificial ...
Mar 19, 2026
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High meat consumption linked to lower dementia risk in APOE4 carriers
Older people with a genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease did not experience the expected increase in cognitive decline and dementia risk if they consumed relatively large amounts of meat. This is shown in a new study from ...
Mar 19, 2026
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African Americans with specific gene variant show brain-network decline years before Alzheimer's appears
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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New data platform tracks the complex path to Alzheimer's and could transform how its risk is predicted
A powerful new real-world data platform could transform how scientists predict and understand Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD), reports a new study at Columbia University Mailman School ...
Mar 18, 2026
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