From the University of California – San Diego media release: Though one might think the brains of people who develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD) possess building blocks of the disease absent in healthy brains, for most…
From the American Academy of Neurology media release: Anemia, or low levels of red blood cells, may increase the risk of dementia, according to a study published in the July 31, 2013, online issue of…
From the University of Maryland media release: New research out of the University of Maryland School of Public Health shows that exercise may improve cognitive function in those at risk for Alzheimer’s by improving the…
From the SRI International media release: A hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s is that by the time symptoms appear, significant brain damage has already occurred — and currently there are…
From the Rush University Medical Center media release: The results of a new study by neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center show that a sudden decrease of testosterone, the male sex hormone, may cause…
From the University College London media release: People who experience parental divorce during childhood have higher levels of an inflammatory marker in the blood which is known to predict future health, according to new research from…
From the Annals of Emergency Medicine media release: Emergency patients over the age of 74 have significantly different and more complex health and social needs than their younger counterparts, even after controlling for illness severity,…
From the University of California – Davis Health System media release: A protein secreted with insulin travels through the bloodstream and accumulates in the brains of individuals with type 2 diabetes and dementia, in the…
From the American Physiological Society media release: As they get older, many older people, mostly men, are fond of saying something along the lines of, “I feel like a 25-year-old.” As it turns out, judging…
From the Texas A&M AgriLife Communications media release: Scientists using sophisticated imaging techniques have observed a molecular protein folding process that may help medical researchers understand and treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Lou Gehrig’s and…