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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
More than 30 years after it was identified as a key ‘longevity gene,’ the protein klotho has been used to boost the cognitive function of aging rhesus macaques, paving the way for human trials.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: anti-aging,… Continue reading Anti-aging therapy is one step closer after successful primate trial
Dementia is frequently associated with negative assumptions concerning loss of memory and independence, rarely with personal agency and learning new things. A new study has found that contrary to commonly held beliefs, it is possible for people with de… Continue reading People with dementia are still able to learn new things, study finds
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
By focusing on the interaction between neurons, researchers have been able to uncover much about the way our brains operate. A new study, though, has zoomed out a bit and found larger swirling patterns that seem to help the brain organize itself across… Continue reading Newly found whirlpool-like currents could organize our brains
Recovery from a heart attack is most often focused on lifestyle changes to support and protect cardiovascular health. But researchers out of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have sounded another alarm, finding that people who had suffere… Continue reading Brain function found to decline rapidly in years after a heart attack
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
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