Approximately four of five primary care clinicians consider themselves on the front lines of brain health. In the U.S., clinicians are the first point of contact for patients worried about memory loss and are most likely ...
Jan 29, 2024
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Nerve cells in the brain demand an enormous amount of energy to survive and maintain their connections for communicating with other nerve cells. In Alzheimer's disease, the ability to make energy is compromised, and the connections ...
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Five cases of Alzheimer's disease are believed to have arisen as a result of medical treatments decades earlier, reports a team of UCL and UCLH researchers.
Jan 29, 2024
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About 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia, according to the World Health Organization. The most common form is Alzheimer's disease, an incurable condition that causes brain function to deteriorate.
Jan 26, 2024
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A new study at the Karolinska Institute suggests that activation of a certain brain protein can protect women from developing neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
Jan 25, 2024
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Findings from a study led by researchers in Sweden have suggested that a commercial blood test could detect Alzheimer's disease as accurately as standard lumbar punctures. The blood test detects "p-tau217," a form of the ...
Jan 23, 2024
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Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Madrid have found that one of the most potent genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4), is also associated with ...
Jan 23, 2024
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A ribbon of brain tissue called cortical gray matter grows thinner in people who go on to develop dementia, and this appears to be an accurate biomarker of the disease five to 10 years before symptoms appear, researchers ...
Jan 22, 2024
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Purdue University researchers have taken the first steps to treat Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Type 2 diabetes by creating multiple patent-pending compounds shown to inhibit protein aggregation associated ...
Jan 19, 2024
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Researchers have revealed new links between Alzheimer's disease and the blood-brain barrier, finding connections between variants of a gene called EphA1 and the disease.
Jan 19, 2024
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