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Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease: Alzheimer's is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with daily tasks. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer's disease accounts for 60 to 80 percent of dementia cases.
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NOV 28, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists at the University of New South Wales have identified how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 25, 2015Neuroscience
A fruit fly is a pretty tiny bug. They buzz around old bananas making a buzzing pest of themselves and don’t offer ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 24, 2015Neuroscience
A prestigious honor given only every other year by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been awarded to Cardiff University ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 19, 2015Neuroscience
Is it Alzheimer’s disease? It’s hard to know if the deterioration of memory and other neurological symptoms ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 17, 2015Health & Medicine
If given the choice, many of us would choose to stay young forever. It’s inescapable process that wears ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 16, 2015Videos
By current estimates, 1.4 million Americans are affected with Lewy Body Dementia (LBD). Robin Williams, the famous actor ...NOV 11, 2015Neuroscience
The term “earworm” is used to describe what if feels like when a song gets stuck in your head. It’s ha ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 09, 2015Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 06, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization estimates about 20 million people worldwide are afflicted with cataracts, a visual problem ...OCT 29, 2015Neuroscience
The saying “You are what you eat” is proving pretty accurate in regards to diet and brain health. Two studie ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 24, 2015Immunology
Microglia hold down the fort in the brain as the primary immune cell presence. When brain disease hits, they get rid of ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 20, 2015Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease effects millions of people worldwide. According to Alzheimer’s Disease International the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 12, 2015Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are estimated to grow exponentially over the next five decades. In ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 05, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham want to know how E. coli untangles proteins when they become aggr ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 02, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s disease is described as a type of dementia that causes ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 27, 2015Neuroscience
Amyloids, fibrous protein clumps often associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, form characteristic p ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 25, 2015Neuroscience
A new study done at Sweden’s Lund University, which the researchers claimed to be “the most thorough and ext ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 24, 2015Neuroscience
While it is well known that smoking can cause lung cancer, heart disease and strokes, along with a myriad of other cardi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 21, 2015Neuroscience
Is there a connection between the brain’s stress response and a protein related to Alzheimer’s disease? Rese ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 18, 2015Neuroscience
Watertown, Minnesota, 50 miles west of Milwaukee, is attempting to make life easier for those with dementia. The city an ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 17, 2015Neuroscience
Contrary to previous thinking, Alzheimer’s disease consists of three distinct subtypes, according to a UCLA study. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 13, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Some people remain healthy into their 80s and beyond, while others age faster and suffer serious diseases decades earlie ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 11, 2015Neuroscience
Direct tissue transplantation can transmit the “seeds” of Alzheimer’s and related brain diseases, acco ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA’ ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
NOV 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists at the University of New South Wales have identified how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 25, 2015
Neuroscience
A fruit fly is a pretty tiny bug. They buzz around old bananas making a buzzing pest of themselves and don’t offer
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 24, 2015
Neuroscience
A prestigious honor given only every other year by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been awarded to Cardiff University
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Is it Alzheimer’s disease? It’s hard to know if the deterioration of memory and other neurological symptoms
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 17, 2015
Health & Medicine
If given the choice, many of us would choose to stay young forever. It’s inescapable process that wears
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 16, 2015
Videos
By current estimates, 1.4 million Americans are affected with Lewy Body Dementia (LBD). Robin Williams, the famous actor
...
NOV 11, 2015
Neuroscience
The term “earworm” is used to describe what if feels like when a song gets stuck in your head. It’s ha
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 09, 2015
Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 06, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization estimates about 20 million people worldwide are afflicted with cataracts, a visual problem
...
OCT 29, 2015
Neuroscience
The saying “You are what you eat” is proving pretty accurate in regards to diet and brain health. Two studie
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 24, 2015
Immunology
Microglia hold down the fort in the brain as the primary immune cell presence. When brain disease hits, they get rid of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease effects millions of people worldwide. According to Alzheimer’s Disease International the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are estimated to grow exponentially over the next five decades. In
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 05, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham want to know how E. coli untangles proteins when they become aggr
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 02, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s disease is described as a type of dementia that causes
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Amyloids, fibrous protein clumps often associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, form characteristic p
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 25, 2015
Neuroscience
A new study done at Sweden’s Lund University, which the researchers claimed to be “the most thorough and ext
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 24, 2015
Neuroscience
While it is well known that smoking can cause lung cancer, heart disease and strokes, along with a myriad of other cardi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 21, 2015
Neuroscience
Is there a connection between the brain’s stress response and a protein related to Alzheimer’s disease? Rese
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 18, 2015
Neuroscience
Watertown, Minnesota, 50 miles west of Milwaukee, is attempting to make life easier for those with dementia. The city an
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Contrary to previous thinking, Alzheimer’s disease consists of three distinct subtypes, according to a UCLA study.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 13, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Some people remain healthy into their 80s and beyond, while others age faster and suffer serious diseases decades earlie
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 11, 2015
Neuroscience
Direct tissue transplantation can transmit the “seeds” of Alzheimer’s and related brain diseases, acco
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 08, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA’
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider