A Promising New Biomarker Test Could Help Identify Alzheimer’s Risk Up To 10 Years Earlier
The biomarker test is a spinal tap test (also called a lumbar puncture) that uses a needle to remove cerebrospinal fluid (i.e ...
The Price of Fraud in Alzheimer’s Research
Readers worry that fraud may tarnish the field and slow the race for a cure. Also: Charles Blow’s farewell; treatment for ...
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How Decades Of Research Misconduct Stalled An Alzheimer’s Cure
Research supporting the amyloid hypothesis—the idea that Alzheimer's is caused by a buildup of amyloid plaques in the ...
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‘We could be just 10 years from a £10 test to catch dementia before it develops’
an Irish woman with dementia, and a Windrush-generation Afro-Caribbean man. In fact the original draft of the book was titled Outsiders, he says, because “it was trying to make the parallels between ...
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10 Signs Death Is Near for Dementia Patients
A Cleveland Clinic expert explains the signs that indicate a dementia patient is nearing the end of their life.
Want to Get Smarter? Scientists Just Discovered That Exercise Instantly Improves Your Memory (If You Get the Timing Right)
Everyone wants to learn more quickly, and retain more of what they learn. Intelligence is a business—and a life—superpower.
14 Painful Realities Of Dealing With A Parent With Dementia & How To Cope
Dementia can turn your once-calm parent into someone prone to anger, fear, or paranoia. One moment they’re fine, and the next ...
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Wendy Williams says she's 'not cognitively impaired,' guardian calls for new medical tests
Wendy Williams should undergo more medical testing, her guardian said, following the former host's bombshell "Breakfast Club" ...
Google’s new neural-net LLM architecture separates memory components to control exploding costs of capacity and compute
Titans architecture complements attention layers with neural memory modules that select bits of information worth saving in the long term.
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Largest Study of Its Kind Finds How Long-Term Cannabis Use Affects Memory
Researchers uncovered a striking pattern: heavy cannabis users show reduced brain activity during working memory tasks, the ...
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A new blood test could detect Alzheimer’s before symptoms emerge
Alzheimer’s disease is an incredibly serious late-life aliment that can have a massive impact on an individual’s quality of life and self sufficiency ... a new blood test that could ...