COVID-19 positive patients at higher risk of developing neurodegenerative disorders, new study shows
COVID-19 positive outpatients are at an increased risk of neurodegenerative disorders compared with individuals who tested negative for the virus,…
COVID-19 positive outpatients are at an increased risk of neurodegenerative disorders compared with individuals who tested negative for the virus,…
A new study has revealed how tau – a microtubule-binding protein that is implicated in Alzheimer’s disease – weakens transmission…
The number of elderly suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease has been rapidly rising over the past decades. For a long time,…
The research uses machine learning technology to look at structural features within the brain, including in regions not previously associated…
Dementia is one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older people worldwide, affecting thinking and behaviours as…
As rates of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia continue to rise in the U.S., new evidence suggests that…
Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have found that oral…
In work presented at the 2022 EULAR Congress, Dr Jens Kristian Pedersen and colleagues used data from the DANBIO registry…
In a new study of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered that a relatively unstudied form of…
For more than 20 years, scientists have known that people with hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, or obesity have a higher…
Breakthrough COVID-19 cases resulting in infections, hospitalizations and deaths are significantly more likely in cancer and Alzheimer’s patients, according to…
As explained by Francisco Camarena, researcher at the Institute of Instrumentation for Molecular Imaging, a joint center between the UPV…
Not only does how well people with dementia sleep affect their symptoms the following day, but of particular significance is…
Researchers have found that a suite of complimentary tests can quantify changes in dogs suspected of suffering from cognitive decline….
A University of Arizona Health Sciences study found that a specific genotype of the APOE gene, better known as the Alzheimer’s gene,…
Although symptoms of advanced Alzheimer’s disease are well known, diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages requires careful cognitive…
21 million. That’s the number of genetic variations in the human genome that researchers are sifting to identify patterns predisposing…
A new study from the from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and MU Health Care shows patients hospitalized…
Inhibiting an important signaling pathway in brain-resident immune cells may calm brain inflammation and thereby slow the disease process in…
Research focused on the bioactive components of the strawberry variety Romina has shown the ability of this food to delay…
Identifying genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease is essential if we are to improve our understanding and treatment of it….
Nearly half of all older adults now die with a diagnosis of dementia listed on their medical record, up 36%…
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common and best known of the tauopathies, a set of neurodegenerative brain diseases caused by…
Life expectancy for individuals with Down syndrome has grown in recent decades, thanks in large part to progress in patient…
A Johns Hopkins Medicine study of about 50 people with Alzheimer’s disease has added to evidence that damage to the…
Neurons in the brain coexist with and rely on many other cell types to function properly. Astrocytes, which take their…
While the word “mutation” may conjure up alarming notions, a mutation in brain immune cells serves a positive role in…
At the first sign of cognitive trouble, people often worry Alzheimer’s disease is forthcoming. But poor cognition can be part…
A team of researchers at the University of Adelaide has found a link between the way that cells produce energy…
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is launching an international clinical trial aimed at preventing Alzheimer’s disease in…