Not getting enough deep sleep raises your risk of Alzheimer’s disease, study finds
Not getting enough of deeper stages of sleep raises the risk of brain deterioration associated with Alzheimer’s disease, a ...
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Plaque Removal Delays Onset of Familial Alzheimer’s Disease
The first evidence that removing amyloid plaques may delay Alzheimer’s symptoms has now been published. In The Lancet Neurology on March 19, scientists led by Randall Bateman at Washington University ...
Hollywood icon battling Alzheimer’s, ‘fighting for his life’
Drew Struzan, best known for his iconic work on movie posters for some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters, is battling Alzheimer’s and “fighting for his life.” His wife Dylan shared the news on ...
Breakthrough Physics Discovery Could Reshape Our Understanding of Alzheimer’s
A new study from Auburn University provides new insights into neuronal connections, offering hope for the treatment of ...
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Artist Drew Struzan victim to Alzheimer’s, can no longer paint
We’re sorry to report that legendary poster artist Drew Struzan, now 78, can no longer paint or even sign his art and is, in ...
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Is Increased Sleepiness in Our 80s Tied to Higher Dementia Risk?
A study in Neurology, led by Yue Leng, PhD, and Sasha Milton, followed the sleep patterns of 733 older female participants to ...
Lilly adds Alzheimer's to online offerings
Eli Lilly on Thursday expanded its direct-to-consumer online platform LillyDirect to include telehealth providers to diagnose ...
Neurons use simple physics to maintain their connections, but these processes change in Alzheimer's patients
Scientists at Auburn University have uncovered a fundamental principle of how brain cells stay connected, and their discovery ...
Common drug combinations affect Alzheimer's Disease pathology differently in male and female mice
Certain widely used drug combinations may either slow down or worsen the progression of Alzheimer's disease, but their ...
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Type 2 Diabetes Rewires the Brain Like Early Alzheimer’s
New research reveals that Type 2 diabetes may impair the brain’s reward and memory processing in ways that mirror early Alzheimer’s disease.
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Among older women, hormone therapy linked to tau accumulation, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease
A new study has found faster accumulation of tau -- a key indicator of Alzheimer's disease -- in the brains of women over the age of 70 who took menopausal hormone therapy (HT) more than a decade ...