Insurers balk at paying for Biogen's $56,000-a-year Alzheimer's treatment

by John Tozzi, Angelica Lavito and Anushree DaveCredit: CC0 Public DomainU.S. health insurers say they want more proof before paying for Biogen Inc.'s Aduhelm, stalling sales of the costly new Alz

Updated on: April 29,2024

Insurers balk at paying for Biogen's $56,000-a-year Alzheimer's treatment

by John Tozzi, Angelica Lavito and Anushree DaveCredit: CC0 Public DomainU.S. health insurers say they want more proof before paying for Biogen Inc.'s Aduhelm, stalling sales of the costly new Alz

Updated on:April 29,2024

Models show promise in predicting cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's

byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study, published in the July 10 online issue ofNeurology, looks at predicting how quickly people with early Alzheimer&

Updated on: July 11,2024

Models show promise in predicting cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's

byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study, published in the July 10 online issue ofNeurology, looks at predicting how quickly people with early Alzheimer&

Updated on:July 11,2024

Dementia is now the leading cause of disease burden for older Aussies

by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainDementia has overtaken coronary heart disease as the leading cause of disease burden among Australians aged 65 and

Updated on: May 11,2024

Dementia is now the leading cause of disease burden for older Aussies

by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainDementia has overtaken coronary heart disease as the leading cause of disease burden among Australians aged 65 and

Updated on:May 11,2024

Trials reveal that internet-based conversations help sustain brain function in older adults

by Brian Burns,Massachusetts General HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainSocial isolation has been linked to faster cognitive decline and an increased risk of developing dementia, although

Updated on: April 28,2024

Trials reveal that internet-based conversations help sustain brain function in older adults

by Brian Burns,Massachusetts General HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainSocial isolation has been linked to faster cognitive decline and an increased risk of developing dementia, although

Updated on:April 28,2024

Risk for dementia diagnosis up for seniors with schizophrenia

Older adults with schizophrenia have an increased risk for receiving a diagnosis of dementia compared with those without serious mental illness (SMI), according to a study published in the June issue

Updated on: June 11,2024

Risk for dementia diagnosis up for seniors with schizophrenia

Older adults with schizophrenia have an increased risk for receiving a diagnosis of dementia compared with those without serious mental illness (SMI), according to a study published in the June issue

Updated on:June 11,2024

'New' ALS gene destabilizes neuron's structure and chokes off its nucleus

byNorthwestern UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge a few years ago raised major funding that resulted in the discovery of new genes connected to the dis

Updated on: April 23,2024

'New' ALS gene destabilizes neuron's structure and chokes off its nucleus

byNorthwestern UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge a few years ago raised major funding that resulted in the discovery of new genes connected to the dis

Updated on:April 23,2024

Machine learning models rank predictive risks for Alzheimer's disease

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityFeature importance and impact of top 20 most important features for different age groups. SHAP global feature importance bar chart (left) and SHAP loca

Updated on: June 14,2024

Machine learning models rank predictive risks for Alzheimer's disease

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityFeature importance and impact of top 20 most important features for different age groups. SHAP global feature importance bar chart (left) and SHAP loca

Updated on:June 14,2024

'Care Chair' helps detect patients' movements, mental state

by Joe Mccune,Missouri University of Science and TechnologyDebraj De, a postdoctoral fellow at Missouri S&T, and S&T professor Sajal Das developed a chair sensor device that can detect a

Updated on: March 09,2024

'Care Chair' helps detect patients' movements, mental state

by Joe Mccune,Missouri University of Science and TechnologyDebraj De, a postdoctoral fellow at Missouri S&T, and S&T professor Sajal Das developed a chair sensor device that can detect a

Updated on:March 09,2024

How aggression-promoting brain peptide works in fruit flies

by Salk InstituteA fruit fly brain showing male-specific tachykininergic neurons (magenta), which make the neuropeptide tachykinin, and neurons that express TkR86C (green), which receive tachykin

Updated on: February 18,2024

How aggression-promoting brain peptide works in fruit flies

by Salk InstituteA fruit fly brain showing male-specific tachykininergic neurons (magenta), which make the neuropeptide tachykinin, and neurons that express TkR86C (green), which receive tachykin

Updated on:February 18,2024

Older adults with dementia exhibit financial 'symptoms' up to six years before diagnosis

by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Federal Reserve

Updated on: June 11,2024

Older adults with dementia exhibit financial 'symptoms' up to six years before diagnosis

by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Federal Reserve

Updated on:June 11,2024

Brain mapping technique reveals insights into brain's higher functions

byUniversity of BirminghamHigher-order brain mapping: schematic of the approach and applications. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54472-yA new way of mapp

Updated on: December 17,2024

Brain mapping technique reveals insights into brain's higher functions

byUniversity of BirminghamHigher-order brain mapping: schematic of the approach and applications. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54472-yA new way of mapp

Updated on:December 17,2024

How invisible presences hijack the social counting brain in Parkinson's disease

by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIf you had to estimate the number of people in a room, without counting them one by one, by nature you would overcount

Updated on: March 19,2024

How invisible presences hijack the social counting brain in Parkinson's disease

by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIf you had to estimate the number of people in a room, without counting them one by one, by nature you would overcount

Updated on:March 19,2024