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The first Alzheimer’s disease medication shown in trials to slow progression of the disease has been given full approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), paving the way for its costly price tag to be covered by Medicare.
Tags: FDA, Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Brain, Neuroscience
Continue reading FDA approves very first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s disease
Physical activity at any age has a broad range of health benefits. However, if you’re not getting enough sleep in middle age, exercise may not be providing enough to offset cognitive decline.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Dementia, Sleep, University College London, Neuroscience, Alzheimer’s Disease, Memory, Age-Related, Aging, Seniors
Continue reading Not enough sleep may cancel the benefits of exercise on brain health
There’s a growing body of evidence that links muscle makeup to cognitive function, particularly in that it may be key to prolonging brain health as you age.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, University of Sao Paulo, Dementia, Exercise, Weight, Brain, Neuroscience, Aging
Continue reading More signs that resistance training protects brain from Alzheimer’s
A large new study has suggested there may be a link between women’s use of hormone replacement therapy used to treat the symptoms of menopause and the risk of developing dementia.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Hormone, Treatment
Continue reading Menopause treatment linked to increased risk of dementia
Being the control center of the body, your brain needs strong security against circulating pathogens or toxins. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) performs this vital function, but it can become “leaky.” Now, scientists at Stanford have identified therapeutic molecules that could help patch it up, to potentially prevent neurological diseases.
Tags: Brain, Blood-brain barrier, Blood, blood vessel, Neurological, Neuroscience, Stanford University, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s Disease, Brain cancer
Continue reading Molecule patches leaks in blood-brain barrier to prevent MS or Alzheimer’s
Researchers have developed a self-administered smartphone app to screen for neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment by analyzing speech patterns. With subtle speech disturbances being an early indicator of these conditions, this may be an easy way to obtain a diagnosis quicker.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Speech, Machine Learning, University of Tsukuba
Continue reading Self-administered smartphone speech app may spot Alzheimer’s early on
Researchers have identified a Colombian man carrying a never-before-seen genetic mutation that protected him from the symptoms of a rare, inherited form of Alzheimer’s, characterized by a very early onset of cognitive decline, for 20 years. The discovery could lead to therapies that boost people’s resilience against the debilitating disease.
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Genetics
Continue reading Genetic mutation linked to delayed onset of rare Alzheimer’s
A new study has discovered the important role that a subset of microglia, the brain’s immune cells, plays in early brain development, cognition and memory. The finding gives us a better understanding of how these cells work and could pave the way for new treatments for neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s disease.
Tags: Brain, The Immune System, Alzheimer’s Disease, Memory, University of Helsinki, Karolinska Institutet, University of Seville
Continue reading Subset of brain immune cells identified, linked to cognition and memory
Using AI, researchers have created the first map of a group of proteins known as the Commander complex, which function as the body’s “postal workers.” The new understanding opens the door to new drugs and modalities for fighting everything from Alzheimer’s to infectious diseases to cancer.
Tags: Protein, Microscopes, Medical Imaging, Alzheimer’s Disease, Cancer, Coronavirus (COVID-19), University of Queensland, University of Bristol
Continue reading First map of “Commander complex” could help fight diseases, dementia
Testing for protein clumps in spinal fluid is the conventional way of detecting Alzheimer’s disease, but it doesn’t provide information about the disease’s stage. In a new study, researchers were able to stage the disease using atomic force microscopy to visualize the size and shape of these clumps, which may provide a way of detecting the debilitating disease earlier.
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Brain, Protein, Empa, Dementia, Neural Network, Nanomedicine
Continue reading Protein size determines Alzheimer’s stage, may lead to earlier detection