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Untangling the brain: New research offers hope for Alzheimer's disease
Since the discovery of Alzheimer's disease over a century ago, two hallmarks of the devastating illness have taken center stage.
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Meditative practice and spiritual wellbeing may preserve cognitive function in aging
It is projected that up to 152 million people worldwide will be living with Alzheimer's disease (AD) by 2050. To date there are no drugs that have a substantial positive impact on either the prevention or reversal of cognitive ...
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Trouble managing money may be an early sign of dementia
After Maria Turner's minivan was totaled in an accident a dozen years ago, she grew impatient waiting for the insurance company to process the claim. One night, she saw a red pickup truck on eBay for $20,000. She thought ...
May 10, 2021
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Research paves the way for eye test to detect Alzheimer's before symptoms
World-first research led by Western Sydney University has found a connection between the accumulation of rogue proteins in the eye, and Alzheimer's disease. A finding that could pave the way for an eye test to detect Alzheimer's ...
May 10, 2021
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How communities can fight the stigma that isolates people with dementia
Keeping people with dementia separated and secured is a common practice, based on the reasonable idea of safety first for the vulnerable. During this pandemic, however, contact with those in care homes, many of whom have ...
May 10, 2021
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Why do some neurons degenerate and die in Alzheimer's disease, but not others?
In the brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease, neurons degenerate and die, slowly eliminating memories and cognitive skills. However, not all neurons are impacted equally. Some types of neurons in certain brain regions ...
May 07, 2021
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New method identifies tau aggregates occurring in healthy body structures
It turns out that not all build-ups of tau protein are bad, and a team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania developed a method to show that. Using mammalian cell models, the ...
May 06, 2021
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Gene therapy in Alzheimer's disease mouse model preserves learning and memory
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues elsewhere, have used gene therapy to prevent learning and memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a key step toward eventually ...
May 05, 2021
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New MRI technique can detect early dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier with small vessel disease
Collaborative research between the University of Kentucky (UK) and University of Southern California (USC) suggests that a noninvasive neuroimaging technique may index early-stage blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction associated ...
May 05, 2021
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7T brain scans reveal potential early indicator of Alzheimer's
Researchers from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas are investigating a potential new early indicator of the decline toward Alzheimer's disease: measuring the energy metabolism of the living human ...
May 04, 2021
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Biting the bullet: Firearm ownership in persons with dementia
In Sweden, there are over 2 million legally owned firearms. At the same time, up to 150,000 people live with a diagnosis of dementia. In an aging society such as Sweden, legislators will face challenges in gun ownership. ...
May 03, 2021
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Low doses of radiation may improve quality of life for those with severe Alzheimer's
Individuals living with severe Alzheimer's disease showed remarkable improvements in behavior and cognition within days of receiving an innovative new treatment that delivered low doses of radiation, a recent Baycrest-Sunnybrook ...
May 03, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease is composed of four distinct subtypes
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the abnormal accumulation and spread of the tau protein in the brain. An international study can now show how tau spreads according to four distinct patterns that lead to different ...
Apr 29, 2021
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New algorithm for the diagnostics of dementia
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Oulu in collaboration with an international team have created a new diagnostic biomarker-based algorithm for the diagnostics of dementia. The team is ...
Apr 29, 2021
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Partially sighted may be at higher risk of dementia
Older people with vision loss are significantly more likely to suffer mild cognitive impairment, which can be a precursor to dementia, according to a new study published in the journal Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research.
Apr 29, 2021
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Draining brain's debris enhances Alzheimer's therapies in mice
Experimental Alzheimer's drugs have shown little success in slowing declines in memory and thinking, leaving scientists searching for explanations. But new research in mice has shown that some investigational Alzheimer's ...
Apr 28, 2021
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Driving behaviors harbor early signals of dementia
Using naturalistic driving data and machine learning techniques, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed highly ...
Apr 28, 2021
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Scientists reveal how brain cells in Alzheimer's go awry, lose their identity
Despite the prevalence of Alzheimer's, there are still no treatments, in part because it has been challenging to study how the disease develops. Now, scientists at the Salk Institute have uncovered new insights into what ...
Apr 27, 2021
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New mouse model provides first platform to study late-onset Alzheimer's disease
University of California, Irvine biologists have developed a new genetically engineered mouse model, that unlike its predecessors, is based on the most common form of Alzheimer's disease. The advance holds promise for making ...
Apr 27, 2021
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New clues into why people with type 2 diabetes develop dementia
New research may help explain why people with type 2 diabetes are more likely to develop dementia.
Apr 27, 2021
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