Medications
Deprescribing efforts failing dementia patients, study finds
Researchers led by the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, have examined how a dementia diagnosis impacts medication use patterns in older adults.
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New human cell-based 3D model reveals insights into how immune cells contribute to Alzheimer's disease
Cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) develops when neurons begin to die, which can be caused by inappropriate immune responses and excessive inflammation in the brain triggered by amyloid beta deposits ...
Aug 25, 2023
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Neuroscience
Proteomic profile study reveals signatures for distinguishing different forms of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified proteomic changes associated with forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In a paper, "Proteomics of brain, CSF, and blood identifies molecular ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Sleep deprivation is a risk factor for Alzheimer's, say scientists who turned to animal models to find out why
Scientists have long explored the link between disturbances in sleep patterns and neurodegenerative diseases. Powerful evidence has emerged in recent years linking disrupted sleep to Parkinson's, and a massive body of research ...
Medical research
A somewhat systematic review of previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses about nutrition and Alzheimer's
A team from the International Education College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China, has conducted a review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis studies around the topic of nutrition in disease.
Neuroscience
A new peptide may hold potential as an Alzheimer's treatment
MIT neuroscientists have found a way to reverse neurodegeneration and other symptoms of Alzheimer's disease by interfering with an enzyme that is typically overactive in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
Apr 13, 2023
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Genetics
Gut microbiota, Alzheimer's and the central nervous system
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, researchers have identified a correlation between Alzheimer's disease and specific gut microbiota populations. In a paper published in Scientific Reports titled "Genetic correlations between ...
Medications
Scientists test two Alzheimer's drugs head-to-head in first-ever virtual clinical trial
An estimated 6.2 million Americans ages 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's disease. The national Alzheimer's Association predicts that number to grow to 13.8 million by 2060, barring the development of medical breakthroughs ...
Nov 2, 2022
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Neuroscience
How retrotransposons control the brain
Around half of the genome is made up of transposable elements or 'jumping genes' that derive from ancient viral integrations. They persist in various states of decay like an old fashioned 'pull your own' junkyard where parts ...
Neuroscience
Biotin, mitochondria, and dementia: Research reveals a connection
By any measure, carbon-based life originates from carboxylation. That is to say, the coupling of atmospheric carbon dioxide to sugar. Carboxylation is also critical for mitochondria to function. There are five carboxylation ...
