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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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SEP 08, 2015Neuroscience
People who have type 2 diabetes could be at greater risk for the buildup of tangles of protein in their spinal fluid, ir ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 03, 2015Neuroscience
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Health researchers claim that there are now almost 47 million people living with dementia around the world, an increase ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 24, 2015Health & Medicine
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It's simple, it's noninvasive and it's accurate, but it's early too. Nonetheless, a saliva test that detects Alzheimer's ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 22, 2015Neuroscience
Treating an aggressive brain tumor may have come one step closer to reality recently as a company developing a novel the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 11, 2015Neuroscience
Harvard Medical School researchers believe that type 2 diabetes might reduce the ability to regulate blood flow, which, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 03, 2015Neuroscience
Are the very systems that are supposed to dispose of cellular waste making it worse? A study at Yale University in New H ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 29, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Dementia is a generic term used to describe a wide range of diseases related to brain malfunction that leads to memory l ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 03, 2015Neuroscience
Poor sleep may cause the beta-amyloid protein to trigger Alzheimer's disease by attacking the brain's long-term memory, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 02, 2015Immunology
Every scientist who's ever turned a curious eye into a microscope has dreamed of making a discovery that rattles the fou ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 21, 2015Neuroscience
We are in some ways in the infancy of understanding the impact on the brain of prolonged exposure to video game playing. ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 21, 2015Health & Medicine
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Once neurons die or become damaged, they typically cannot be reproduced by the body. This is why aging is the greatest r ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 14, 2015Neuroscience
Memory is one of the more complex functions of the human brain. Leaving alone the debate about the accuracy of memory an ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 05, 2015Neuroscience
Women "of a certain age" worry that fuzzy thinking - the inability to remember or focus - may be a symptom of Alzheimer' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers pursuing a fresh approach for staving off Alzheimer's disease may have hit on something.
They hav ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Nerve cells and blood vessels engage in a chemical discussion to keep healthy and avoid disease, according to a new stud ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Everybody wants to find a cure for Alzheimer's. When something looks good, people are likely to get very excited.
< ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 29, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scanning one of those strange, square QR codes with your phone looks like a quaint invention compared to a new developme ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electroch ...Written By: Will Hector
SEP 08, 2015
Neuroscience
People who have type 2 diabetes could be at greater risk for the buildup of tangles of protein in their spinal fluid, ir
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 03, 2015
Neuroscience
A German-French team has developed a light-sensitive switch to regulate a protein involved in the neurobiology of synapt
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 26, 2015
Neuroscience
Health researchers claim that there are now almost 47 million people living with dementia around the world, an increase
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
You’ve been told before that getting enough sleep is vital to your health, and that message still rings true! Mass
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 08, 2015
Neuroscience
The position in which people sleep could affect how efficiently the brain clears waste, and ultimately, how the brain fu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 25, 2015
Neuroscience
More than 5,000 scientists specializing in dementia met at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) J
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 24, 2015
Neuroscience
An Alzheimer's disease diagnosis is always a sad story. It is that much more so for people in their 30s, just starting t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 23, 2015
Neuroscience
It's simple, it's noninvasive and it's accurate, but it's early too. Nonetheless, a saliva test that detects Alzheimer's
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Treating an aggressive brain tumor may have come one step closer to reality recently as a company developing a novel the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 11, 2015
Neuroscience
Harvard Medical School researchers believe that type 2 diabetes might reduce the ability to regulate blood flow, which,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Are the very systems that are supposed to dispose of cellular waste making it worse? A study at Yale University in New H
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Dementia is a generic term used to describe a wide range of diseases related to brain malfunction that leads to memory l
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Poor sleep may cause the beta-amyloid protein to trigger Alzheimer's disease by attacking the brain's long-term memory,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 02, 2015
Immunology
Every scientist who's ever turned a curious eye into a microscope has dreamed of making a discovery that rattles the fou
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 21, 2015
Neuroscience
We are in some ways in the infancy of understanding the impact on the brain of prolonged exposure to video game playing.
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 21, 2015
Health & Medicine
"Run! Duck! Cover... Oops, what was I doing again?" If you are an avid action gamer you may want to think twice about sp
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop
MAY 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Once neurons die or become damaged, they typically cannot be reproduced by the body. This is why aging is the greatest r
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 14, 2015
Neuroscience
Memory is one of the more complex functions of the human brain. Leaving alone the debate about the accuracy of memory an
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Women "of a certain age" worry that fuzzy thinking - the inability to remember or focus - may be a symptom of Alzheimer'
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers pursuing a fresh approach for staving off Alzheimer's disease may have hit on something.
They hav ...
They hav ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Nerve cells and blood vessels engage in a chemical discussion to keep healthy and avoid disease, according to a new stud
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Everybody wants to find a cure for Alzheimer's. When something looks good, people are likely to get very excited.
< ...
< ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 29, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scanning one of those strange, square QR codes with your phone looks like a quaint invention compared to a new developme
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electroch
...
Written By:
Will Hector