From the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Drug Design have developed a synthetic compound that, in a mouse model, successfully prevents the…
From the Radiological Society of North America press release via EurekAlert!: An active lifestyle helps preserve gray matter in the brains of older adults and could reduce the burden of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD),…
From the University of Zürich press release via EurekAlert!: Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common causes of dementia. In Germany and Switzerland alone, around 1.5 million people are affected, and forecasts predict a…
From the Wellcome Trust press release via EurekAlert!: The discovery of the molecular pathway that drives the changes seen in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients is reported today, revealing new targets for drug discovery that…
From the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston press release via EurekAlert!: An FDA-approved drug initially used to treat insulin resistance in diabetics has shown promise as a way to improve cognitive performance in…
From the Indiana University press release via EurekAlert!: The approach of the Indianapolis Discovery Network for Dementia — with contributions from family members, community advocates, health care systems and researchers — improves dementia care and…
From the University of Toronto press release via EurekAlert!: An international research team including scientists from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine has discovered a link between a mutation in an immune system gene…
From the AFTAU press release via ScienceDaily: When it comes to Alzheimer’s disease, scientists usually — and understandably — look to the brain as their first center of attention. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University…
From the IOS Press press release via EurekAlert!: Over the last 15 years, researchers have found a significant association between vascular diseases such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, diabetes type 2, hyperlipidemia, and heart disease and an…
From the Mount Sinai Hospital press release via EurekAlert: New research presented in October at the 6th Neurodegenerative Conditions Research and Development Conference in San Francisco demonstrates the role of the investigational compound IRX4204 in…