An experimental drug can reduce the toxic changes in tau proteins known to damage neurons in brains with Alzheimer's disease, researchers from Yale School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University report.
Nov 6, 2023
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An early phase in the process of developing Alzheimer's disease is a metabolic increase in a part of the brain called the hippocampus, report researchers from Karolinska Institutet in a study published in Molecular Psychiatry. ...
Oct 31, 2023
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As little as 1% reduction in deep sleep per year for people over 60 years of age translates into a 27% increased risk of dementia, according to a study which suggests that enhancing or maintaining deep sleep, also known as ...
Oct 30, 2023
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One of the challenges in addressing Alzheimer's disease, dementia, cognitive impairment and aging is not related to the conditions themselves but rather the terminology. That's according to Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of ...
Oct 30, 2023
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For the first time, people worried about their risk of Alzheimer's disease can go online, order a blood test, and receive results in the privacy of their homes.
Oct 30, 2023
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A variety of risks can make it more likely that someone develops Alzheimer's disease or other dementias.
Oct 26, 2023
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An experimental version of Eisai Co's Alzheimer's drug that might be given in patients' homes exceeded the power of Leqembi, its approved infused formulation, in an early study that could pave the way to bolstering uptake.
Oct 26, 2023
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Estrogen-based menopause hormone therapy for women in midlife should be investigated more thoroughly as a potential strategy for preventing Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, according to a new analysis ...
Oct 25, 2023
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For many people, forgetting your keys or struggling to plan tasks can seem like a normal part of the aging process. But those lapses can actually be symptoms of something more serious: mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, which ...
Oct 25, 2023
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For the first time, a study in rats teases apart the role of the hippocampus in two functions of memory—one that remembers associations between time, place and what one did, and another that allows one to predict or plan ...
Oct 23, 2023
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