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Alzheimer’s disease remains a frustratingly difficult condition to manage for the millions of patients affected worldwide and their families. The cause of the disease is still not properly understood, and …read more Continue reading Blood Tests Could Provide Early Warning of Alzheimers Disease
While growing evidence suggests that there’s a link between blood iron levels and the development of Alzheimer’s disease, new research investigating the effects of an available iron-reducing drug has raised concerns about its use as a treatment for the condition.
Category: Alzheimer’s & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & Mind
Tags: Iron, clinical trials, Alzheimer’s disease
Continue reading Alzheimer’s drug trial raises concerns for accelerating cognitive decline
Fascinating new findings into how clusters of ‘brain stars’ retain memories has changed what we know about how they’re held in our minds.
Tags: Baylor College of Medicine, Neuroscience, Brain, Memory, Alzheimer’s disease, PTSD, Neural Network, neurons
Continue reading ‘Brain stars’ store our memories like a microscopic filing cabinet
By obtaining high-resolution images of Alzheimer’s disease-affected brain cells as the condition progresses, researchers have identified the specific neurons that are damaged. The information the ‘cell atlas’ provides highlights potential new treatment targets.
Category: Alzheimer’s & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & Mind
Tags: Alzheimer’s disease, neurons, Treatment, Allen Institute for Brain Science
Continue reading Alzheimer’s domino effect hypothesis opens up new treatment targets
A new study has somewhat redeemed the tau protein, which up to now has been associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Turns out, the protein has a ‘good guy’ role, helping to protect against harmful free radicals in the brain and promoting healthy aging.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Brain, Aging, Baylor College of Medicine
Continue reading Alzheimer’s-linked tau protein gets a surprising redemption story
In a medical emergency, quick treatment is critical. But a widely used drug could be repurposed to induce a hibernation-like state, to slow down organ damage and save lives by giving patients more time to reach a hospital.
Tags: Sleep, Harvard, Wyss Institute, Neuroscience, Alzheimer’s Disease, Drug, Drugs
Continue reading “Suspended animation” drug could buy time in medical emergencies
A drug used to induce labor in pregnant women has been shown to reactivate tiny waste-clearing pumps in the brains of old mice. The finding could hold promise as a new way to fight Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and overall cognitive decline.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Brain, University of Rochester, Spinal, anti-aging
Continue reading Common drug restores youthful function to clean up aging brains
A drug used to induce labor in pregnant women has been shown to reactivate tiny waste-clearing pumps in the brains of old mice. The finding could hold promise as a new way to fight Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and overall cognitive decline.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Brain, University of Rochester, Spinal, anti-aging
Continue reading Common drug restores youthful function to clean up aging brains
Instead of focusing on fighting the plaques linked to Alzheimer’s, researchers took a look at boosting electrical oscillations in the brain. The molecule they invented got the job done in mice, offering hope for a new treatment path for humans.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: molecular biology, UCLA, Alzheimer’s Disease, Memory, Brain
Continue reading New compound flips memory back on in Alzheimer’s cases
A new report by world-leading experts lists 14 modifiable risk factors associated with 40% of all dementia cases that, if addressed by people across their lifespan, could reduce the likelihood of developing the condition or delay its onset.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Lifespan
Continue reading 14 things you can do to prevent or delay the onset of dementia