From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via EurekAlert!: Metabolic syndrome, a term used to describe a combination of risk factors that often lead to heart disease and type 2 diabetes, seems to be linked…
From the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey press release via ScienceDaily: Researchers from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), collaborating with scientists from Northwestern University in Illinois, have…
From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: While clinical trial results are being released regarding drugs intended to decrease amyloid production – thought to contribute to decline in Alzheimer’s disease…
From the Mayo Clinic press release via ScienceDaily: Activity lingers longer in certain areas of the brain in those with Alzheimer’s than it does in healthy people, Mayo Clinic researchers who created a map of…
From the New York Stem Cell Foundation press release via ScienceDaily: A team of scientists at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Laboratory led by Scott Noggle, PhD, NYSCF-Charles Evans Senior Research Fellow for…
From the Albert Einstein College of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center have found that people with a form of mild cognitive impairment…
From the University of Pennylvania School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: Diagnostic tests are increasingly capable of identifying plaques and tangles present in Alzheimer’s disease, yet the disease remains untreatable. Questions remain about how…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release by Michael C. Purdy via ScienceDaily: Scientists have assembled the most detailed chronology to date of the human brain’s long, slow slide into full-blown Alzheimer’s disease.…
From the Mary Ann Liebert Inc. Publishers press release via AlphaGalileo: Genetic tests exist to identify risk for the rare inherited form of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and to predict susceptibility to the more common,…
From the Flinders University press release via HealthCanal: An inflated sense of memory function in people with dementia may influence their likelihood of seeking help, new Flinders University research shows. As part of her PhD,…