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For adults aged 65 years or older living in the community, there is no benefit to screening for cognitive impairment if they are asymptomatic, according to a new Canadian guideline published in… Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Depletion of BRCA1, long known to cause cancer, impairs brain cell function and may contribute to cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Salicylic acid and derivatives could help prevent neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s by binding to GAPDH and preventing it from entering nuclei, causing cell death. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

When she says she loves my new haircut is she telling the truth or being sarcastic? The answer isn’t always obvious. Especially for men. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Synapse loss is a hallmark of the early stages of Alzheimer’s. Now, researchers have found how these brain cell connections are destroyed in the disease. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Minutes count when treating stroke, but current diagnostics take as long as three hours, careful lab work, and skilled technicians to arrive at a conclusive diagnosis. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Older adults who took more steps as part of a new study scored better on memory tasks than those who were sedentary. The findings have implications for age-related memory decline. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Researcher Christian Duval, PhD, and his team have developed a new, simple and non-invasive approach to create a biomechanical and cognitive profile of football players and more quickly and… Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Humans have long sought to reduce the effects of aging. Now, there may be another reason to continue searching for ways to slow the clock–preventing Parkinson’s disease. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have uncovered a mechanism in the brain that could account for some of the neural degeneration and memory loss in people with Alzheimer’s… Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Swinging a bat at a 90-mph fastball requires keen visual, cognitive and motor skills. But how do diverse brain networks coordinate well enough to hit the ball? Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

In preclinical studies, surgery/anesthesia contribute to cognitive decline and enhance neuropathologic changes underlying Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Nevertheless, the link between surgery, anesthesia, apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOE4), and AD remains unclear. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Neuronetrix has announced the publication of results from its multi-center clinical trial in a prestigious Alzheimer’s journal. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

As we age or develop neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s , our brain cells may not produce sufficient energy to remain fully functional. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Guidelines for the use and review of antipsychotic drugs need to be urgently reassessed in light of new findings from a study of how the drugs are used in people with dementia in nursing homes. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Few studies have examined the effects of amyloid and apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype on cognition among middle-aged individuals. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

The importance of home research study visit capacity in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) studies is unknown. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

University of Georgia researchers have developed a simple technique to measure an individual’s visual processing speed–the speed at which an individual can comprehend visual information–in order to… Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Proteins are often referred to as the building blocks of life, and make up about 15 per cent of the mass of the average person, performing a wide variety of essential functions in the body. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Exercise may help to reverse neurodegeneration in those with mild cognitive impairment, an early stage of Alzheimer’s disease. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Dementia patients from more affluent areas in England are 27% more likely to be prescribed anti-dementia drugs than patients from poorer areas, finds a new UCL study of 77,045 dementia patients… Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Getting help with baby care could keep families healthier and extend their lives, according to a new study into bird behaviour. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

A team of researchers led by professor Patrik Verstreken (VIB/KU Leuven) has exposed the fine details of a mechanism that provides more insight in the communication between neurons. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

A team led at Newcastle University, UK, has shed light on the evolutionary roots of language in the brain. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

In a novel animal study design that mimicked human clinical trials, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that long-term treatment using a small molecule drug… Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

The health care costs of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) start to increase already one year before the diagnosis, shows a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Loss of sense of smell could help to detect onset of Alzheimer’s and other kinds of dementia; neurological changes reflect this effect. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Individualized estimates of age at detectable amyloid-beta (Aβ) accumulation, distinct from amyloid positivity, allow for analysis of onset age of Aβ accumulation as an outcome measure to understand risk factors. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

A team of local researchers has proposed a molecular mechanism that may be responsible for the development of life-threatening diseases called amyloidoses. Read & Research Alzheimer’s More

Older adults with dementia are more frequent visitors to emergency departments, returning at higher rates and incurring greater costs than older adults without dementia, according to a new study… Read & Research Alzheimer’s More