A new study revealed that Alzheimer’s disease starts earlier and progresses faster in people with Down syndrome.Original story from Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis A scientist in a white lab coat helps a person with Down syndrome into a brain scan machine.Washington University senior clinical research coordinator Brittany Nelson (front) helps study...
by University of Technology, Sydney A working model on the biological effects of air pollutant particulates in the early onset pathologies of AD. Credit: Environment International (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108512Magnetite, a tiny particle found in air pollution, can induce signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia, leads to memory...
The results of the Bio-Hermes study appear in Alzheimer’s & Dementia showing how new Alzheimer’s detecting blood tests perform across a broad range of races and ethnicities for the first timePeer-Reviewed Publication GLOBAL ALZHEIMER’S PLATFORM FOUNDATION GLOBAL ALZH CREDIT: GLOBAL ALZHEIMER’S PLATFORM FOUNDATION Washington D.C., Feb. 28, 2024- The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation®, (GAP) is...
by Rutgers University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe impact of abdominal fat on brain health and cognition is generally more pronounced in middle-aged men at high risk of Alzheimer’s disease than in women, according to researchers at Rutgers Health. In middle-aged individuals with a family history of Alzheimer’s disease, the amount of fat in their abdominal organs...
by Lauran Neergaard A closeup of a human brain affected by Alzheimer’s disease, is displayed at the Museum of Neuroanatomy at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y., on Oct. 7, 2003. According to findings published Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 in the New England Journal of Medicine, Alzheimer’s quietly ravages the brain long before symptoms...
by CU Anschutz Medical Campus Credit: CC0 Public DomainResearchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that inhibiting a key protein can stop the destruction of synapses and dendritic spines commonly seen in Alzheimer’s disease. The study, whose first author is Tyler Martinez, a student in the Pharmacology and Molecular Medicine Ph.D. program...
by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The research team has developed a revolutionary blood test for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that can measure the levels of 21 proteins in multiple crucial biological pathways. The test can also calculate an AD risk score, enabling the evaluation of an individual’s AD status. Credit: Hong Kong University of...
ByCLARE WATSON (Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)A new study of nearly 270,000 men suggests a pharmaceutical commonly used for erectile dysfunction sold commercially under brand names like Viagra may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by some 18 percent. But more research in the form of clinical trials is needed to understand optimal dosage, treatment time, and...
by RAND Corporation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThere is substantial geographic variation across the U.S. health care system to diagnose and treat early-stage Alzheimer’s disease with disease-modifying therapies, and engaging primary care providers in the effort may be a key to accelerating delivery of emerging new treatments, according to a new RAND report. Enabling primary care practitioners...
by Karolinska Institutet Golgi staining of mouse brain tissue. Credit: Silvia Maioli laboratoryA new study at the Karolinska Institute suggests that activation of a certain brain protein can protect women from developing neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. “Cholesterol turnover and sex hormones are modifiable factors. Our results suggest that they may serve as potential treatment...
