Can slow walking speed in elderly signal Alzheimer's disease hallmarks?

by American Academy of NeurologyDiagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer's Disease. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain.How fast elderly people walk may be related to the amount of amyloid

Updated on: February 27,2024

Can slow walking speed in elderly signal Alzheimer's disease hallmarks?

by American Academy of NeurologyDiagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer's Disease. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain.How fast elderly people walk may be related to the amount of amyloid

Updated on:February 27,2024

Recurrent brain trauma may increase Alzheimer's risk

by Radiological Society of North AmericaParametric maps of amyloid deposition in healthy control participants (A and B) and blast-exposed military instructors (C and D) at baseline (A and C) and

Updated on: June 01,2024

Recurrent brain trauma may increase Alzheimer's risk

by Radiological Society of North AmericaParametric maps of amyloid deposition in healthy control participants (A and B) and blast-exposed military instructors (C and D) at baseline (A and C) and

Updated on:June 01,2024

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease

by Tel Aviv UniversityCredit: Tel Aviv UniversityA new Tel Aviv University study reveals that hyperbaric oxygen treatments may ameliorate symptoms experienced by patients with Alzheimer's dis

Updated on: March 09,2024

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease

by Tel Aviv UniversityCredit: Tel Aviv UniversityA new Tel Aviv University study reveals that hyperbaric oxygen treatments may ameliorate symptoms experienced by patients with Alzheimer's dis

Updated on:March 09,2024

Genomics- and image-guided subtyping refines characterization of Alzheimer's disease

by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingRight and left hemisphere brain surface plots showing the strength of the canonical vector, νƙ, for each subtype. Credit: Images created by Fan Yang

Updated on: June 14,2024

Genomics- and image-guided subtyping refines characterization of Alzheimer's disease

by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingRight and left hemisphere brain surface plots showing the strength of the canonical vector, νƙ, for each subtype. Credit: Images created by Fan Yang

Updated on:June 14,2024

Scientists compete to make best predictions about pertussis vaccine

by La Jolla Institute for ImmunologyGraphical abstract. Credit:Cell Reports Methods(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2024.100731Scientists love a challenge. Or a friendly competition. Now

Updated on: March 19,2024

Scientists compete to make best predictions about pertussis vaccine

by La Jolla Institute for ImmunologyGraphical abstract. Credit:Cell Reports Methods(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2024.100731Scientists love a challenge. Or a friendly competition. Now

Updated on:March 19,2024

Care more expensive for dementia patients and families in last years of life

by The Mount Sinai HospitalThe cost of care over the last five years of life for patients with dementia is significantly higher than for patients who die from heart disease, cancer, or other caus

Updated on: February 26,2024

Care more expensive for dementia patients and families in last years of life

by The Mount Sinai HospitalThe cost of care over the last five years of life for patients with dementia is significantly higher than for patients who die from heart disease, cancer, or other caus

Updated on:February 26,2024

New Alzheimer trial to use epilepsy drug that calms brain activity

by Scott Dance, The Baltimore SunWhat could be one of the first treatments to delay or prevent Alzheimer's disease received a big boost from the National Institute on Aging, which is putting up $7

Updated on: February 26,2024

New Alzheimer trial to use epilepsy drug that calms brain activity

by Scott Dance, The Baltimore SunWhat could be one of the first treatments to delay or prevent Alzheimer's disease received a big boost from the National Institute on Aging, which is putting up $7

Updated on:February 26,2024

Anti-aging protein in red blood cells helps stave off cognitive decline

by Public Library of ScienceCredit: CC0 Public DomainResearch conducted by Qiang et al has discovered a link between a protein in red blood cells and age-related decline in cognitive performance.

Updated on: June 07,2024

Anti-aging protein in red blood cells helps stave off cognitive decline

by Public Library of ScienceCredit: CC0 Public DomainResearch conducted by Qiang et al has discovered a link between a protein in red blood cells and age-related decline in cognitive performance.

Updated on:June 07,2024

Link found between chronic inflammation and risk for Alzheimer's disease

by Boston University School of MedicineWhile it is widely shown that possessing the ApoE4 gene is the major genetic risk factor of Alzheimer's disease (AD), not all ApoE4 carriers develop AD.

Updated on: March 07,2024

Link found between chronic inflammation and risk for Alzheimer's disease

by Boston University School of MedicineWhile it is widely shown that possessing the ApoE4 gene is the major genetic risk factor of Alzheimer's disease (AD), not all ApoE4 carriers develop AD.

Updated on:March 07,2024

Repeated infections associated with increased risk of some neurodegenerative diseases

by Public Library of ScienceResearchers assess hospital-treated infection and risk of neurodegenerative diseases. Created with Adobe Illustrator. Credit: Jiangwei Sun (CC-BY 4.0, creativecommons.

Updated on: June 01,2024

Repeated infections associated with increased risk of some neurodegenerative diseases

by Public Library of ScienceResearchers assess hospital-treated infection and risk of neurodegenerative diseases. Created with Adobe Illustrator. Credit: Jiangwei Sun (CC-BY 4.0, creativecommons.

Updated on:June 01,2024

Creative couples' intervention significantly helps people with Alzheimer's communicate

by Florida Atlantic UniversityChristine L. Williams, DNSc, principal investigator of the study and a professor and director of the Ph.D. in Nursing Program in FAU's College of Nursing, who de

Updated on: May 13,2024

Creative couples' intervention significantly helps people with Alzheimer's communicate

by Florida Atlantic UniversityChristine L. Williams, DNSc, principal investigator of the study and a professor and director of the Ph.D. in Nursing Program in FAU's College of Nursing, who de

Updated on:May 13,2024

Is memory loss mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's or just aging? When to get tested

by Eric AdlerCredit: CC0 Public DomainFor people of a certain age, it takes only a few "senior moments"—struggling for words, names or memories—to cause worry.Is this normal aging ormi

Updated on: June 18,2024

Is memory loss mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's or just aging? When to get tested

by Eric AdlerCredit: CC0 Public DomainFor people of a certain age, it takes only a few "senior moments"—struggling for words, names or memories—to cause worry.Is this normal aging ormi

Updated on:June 18,2024