The Alzheimer’s Association and University College London (UCL) are partnering to study brain aging and dementia in 500 individuals whose health and health-related behaviors have been documented since birth. A $7 million grant from the Alzheimer’s Association will allow researchers…
Tag: Alzheimer’s Disease
Link between hearing and cognition begins earlier than once thought
Study Highlights: Previous studies show that people with diagnosed, untreated age-related hearing loss have higher rates of cognitive impairment. A new study found lower levels of cognitive function even in people whose hearing was slightly impaired from age but was…
Improved fitness can mean living longer without dementia
Staying fit or improving fitness over time should be a goal for anyone who wants to reduce the likelihood of getting dementia.
Alzheimer’s Association funds expansion of aging study in longest running birth cohort
The Alzheimer’s Association and University College London (UCL) are partnering to study brain aging and dementia in 500 individuals whose health and health-related behaviors have been documented since birth. A $7 million grant from the Alzheimer’s Association will allow researchers…
Link between hearing and cognition begins earlier than once thought
Study Highlights: Previous studies show that people with diagnosed, untreated age-related hearing loss have higher rates of cognitive impairment. A new study found lower levels of cognitive function even in people whose hearing was slightly impaired from age but was…
Improved fitness can mean living longer without dementia
Staying fit or improving fitness over time should be a goal for anyone who wants to reduce the likelihood of getting dementia.
Alzheimer’s Association receives 1.34M from NIH for psychosocial research in dementia care
CHICAGO, November 13, 2019 – The Alzheimer’s Association® announced that it has received a $1.34 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen the current framework for psychosocial research examining care for people living with dementia…
Alzheimer’s Association receives 1.34M from NIH for psychosocial research in dementia care
CHICAGO, November 13, 2019 – The Alzheimer’s Association® announced that it has received a $1.34 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen the current framework for psychosocial research examining care for people living with dementia…
NASA, industry partner for space-based study of potential Alzheimer’s key
An innovative experiment underway on the International Space Station could help researchers make new progress in the fight against aggressive neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
How artificial intelligence can transform psychiatry
New technologies could help psychiatrists better diagnose and monitor patients, but distrust abounds
UTSA researchers discover new pathways in brain’s amygdala
Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are pioneering an innovative brain study that sheds light on how the amygdala portion of the brain functions and could contribute to a better understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety,…
NASA, industry partner for space-based study of potential Alzheimer’s key
An innovative experiment underway on the International Space Station could help researchers make new progress in the fight against aggressive neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
How artificial intelligence can transform psychiatry
New technologies could help psychiatrists better diagnose and monitor patients, but distrust abounds
UTSA researchers discover new pathways in brain’s amygdala
Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are pioneering an innovative brain study that sheds light on how the amygdala portion of the brain functions and could contribute to a better understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety,…
Long-term blood pressure variation and risk of dementia
In a new research study published in the open access journal PLOS Medicine , Albert Hofman and colleagues at Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, United States report that…
Better Biosensor Technology Created for Stem Cells
Rutgers innovation may help guide treatment of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s diseases
Australia unprepared to move future Alzheimer’s treatment into rapid clinical use
Study outlines strategies to prepare for possible future treatment
Potential vitamin and Alzheimer’s drug produced in yeast
Ergothioneine is a natural amino acid with antioxidative properties. It prevents cellular stress, which can lead to brain diseases, neurological damage and cancer. In rats and roundworms, research shows that ergothioneine has promising effects in preventing neurodegenerative diseases such as…
Research brief: Retinal imaging technology for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia in the U.S., with approximately 5.4 million currently affected and an estimated 16 million by 2050. Damage to the brain from Alzheimer’s disease occurs years before patients exhibit symptoms. Attempted therapies have…
Australia unprepared to move future Alzheimer’s treatment into rapid clinical use
Study outlines strategies to prepare for possible future treatment
Potential vitamin and Alzheimer’s drug produced in yeast
Ergothioneine is a natural amino acid with antioxidative properties. It prevents cellular stress, which can lead to brain diseases, neurological damage and cancer. In rats and roundworms, research shows that ergothioneine has promising effects in preventing neurodegenerative diseases such as…
Research brief: Retinal imaging technology for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia in the U.S., with approximately 5.4 million currently affected and an estimated 16 million by 2050. Damage to the brain from Alzheimer’s disease occurs years before patients exhibit symptoms. Attempted therapies have…
Better Biosensor Technology Created for Stem Cells
Rutgers innovation may help guide treatment of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s diseases
Global Brain Health Leader Awards for dementia prevention, care and support announced
Chicago; San Francisco; Dublin; November 7, 2019 – To address the growing worldwide public health crisis due to dementia, the prevalence of which is expected to triple worldwide to 152 million by 2050, three leading organizations announced this year’s Pilot…
Friends of BrainHealth fund innovative new research projects
DALLAS (November 7, 2019) – The Center for BrainHealth , part of The University of Texas at Dallas, recently hosted the annual Friends of BrainHealth Scientist Selection Luncheon at the Dallas Country Club, where the following five scientists were awarded…
Sugar-coating proteins can help understand brain disease
A University of Dundee discovery has the potential to help scientists better understand neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Study finds key Alzheimer’s gene (APOE) acts differently in Caribbean Hispanics
Researcher says understanding genetic risk of a disease requires diverse gene pool
Study: Rapamycin prevents age-related brain vascular deterioration
A just-released study by UT Health San Antonio and collaborating institutions shows age-related decreases in blood flow to the brain and memory loss can be modified with the drug rapamycin. This finding, if furthered, holds implications for aging in general…
Study: Rapamycin prevents age-related brain vascular deterioration
A just-released study by UT Health San Antonio and collaborating institutions shows age-related decreases in blood flow to the brain and memory loss can be modified with the drug rapamycin. This finding, if furthered, holds implications for aging in general…
New resource for dementia and firearm safety to prevent injuries
A new online resource helps caregivers and families protect seniors with dementia
Top Scientists Honored at 8th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony in Silicon Valley
$21.6 million awarded to those driving innovations in physics, life sciences, and mathematics
Gene variant may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease
BOSTON–A new study led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), in collaboration with the University of Antioquia, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear, and Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, provides insights on why some people may be more…
Unique case of disease resistance reveals possible Alzheimer’s treatment
NIH-funded study identifies gene variant as potential drug target
Gene variant may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease
BOSTON–A new study led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), in collaboration with the University of Antioquia, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear, and Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, provides insights on why some people may be more…
Unique case of disease resistance reveals possible Alzheimer’s treatment
NIH-funded study identifies gene variant as potential drug target
Top Scientists Honored at 8th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony in Silicon Valley
$21.6 million awarded to those driving innovations in physics, life sciences, and mathematics
Gene variant may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease
BOSTON–A new study led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), in collaboration with the University of Antioquia, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear, and Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, provides insights on why some people may be more…
Unique case of disease resistance reveals possible Alzheimer’s treatment
NIH-funded study identifies gene variant as potential drug target
Top Scientists Honored at 8th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony in Silicon Valley
$21.6 million awarded to those driving innovations in physics, life sciences, and mathematics
A new high-resolution map of how the brain is wired
Systematic tracing of how neurons connect reveals mammalian brain’s ‘org chart’ of possible information flow
Newly discovered protein is the permit to the powerhouse of cells
Medical University of South Carolina researchers report in Science Advances that they have discovered a protein, P17/PERMIT, that is key to recycling aging mitochondria and could be a connection between age-related diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s
Could taking statins prevent dementia, disability?
NIH-funded clinical trial will test statins in 20,000 older adults
Dementia patients’ adult kids diagnosed earlier than their parents
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that people with dementia – whose parents also had dementia – develop symptoms an average of six years earlier than their parents.
Biogen to submit aducanumab results in early Alzheimer’s to US FDA
Alzheimer’s Association statement
Novel agent flips on garbage disposal in neurons, eliminating toxic brain proteins in mice
CHICAGO — Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center say they have developed and tested an agent that reduces the buildup of toxic proteins in animal models of both Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, and improves cognitive and motor behavior. The team…
In Alzheimer’s research, MIT scientists reveal brain rhythm role
In the years since her lab discovered that exposing Alzheimer’s disease model mice to light flickering at the frequency of a key brain rhythm could stem the disorder’s pathology, MIT neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai and her team at The Picower Institute…
Twin study shows what’s good for the heart is good for the brain
Relationship between CV risk and cognitive decline
Cantabio Pharmaceuticals and LIH collaborate on the therapeutic targeting of DJ-1
The collaboration aims to explore the use of Cantabio’s DJ-1 protein targeting small molecule drug candidates in immune associated diseases at Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)
Salk scientists receive $12.9 million from NIH BRAIN Initiative
LA JOLLA–(October 21, 2019) Salk Institute scientists Nicola Allen, Eiman Azim, Margarita Behrens, and Joseph Ecker have been named recipients in the 2019 round of grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to better understand the brain. The grants,…
Metabolic disturbance in the brain exacerbates, may forewarn Alzheimer’s pathology
New research uncovers the interplay between metabolic process and other signs of the disease