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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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MAR 31, 2015Neuroscience
Even before Ronald Reagan became the oldest elected president, his mental state was a political issue. His adversaries o ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 30, 2015Neuroscience
New research has identified some of the processes by which molecules associated with neurological diseases can disrupt t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Videos
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At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
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By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Roch ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
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A research team at UC San Francisco has discovered an RNA molecule called Pnky that can be manipulated to increase the p ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 20, 2015Neuroscience
Biogen Idec Inc, Cambridge, Mass, says aducanumab, its new Alzheimer's drug under development shows signs of slowing the ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 20, 2015Neuroscience
Drugs aimed at quelling the behavior problems of dementia patients may also hasten their deaths more than previously rea ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 18, 2015Neuroscience
Scientists at The University of Manchester have made an important new discovery about the brain's immune system that cou ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer's disease. But whil ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Chemistry & Physics
Researchers in Japan have created a protein that fluoresces and assembles into large crystals when placed inside a livin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 12, 2015Neuroscience
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has determined the basic structural organization of a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
The trillions of microbes that inhabit the human body, collectively called the microbiome, are estimated to weigh two to ...Written By: Will Hector
MAR 31, 2015
Neuroscience
Even before Ronald Reagan became the oldest elected president, his mental state was a political issue. His adversaries o
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
New research has identified some of the processes by which molecules associated with neurological diseases can disrupt t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 30, 2015
Videos
According to a new study by the Alzheimer's Association, more than half of those who have the degenerative brain disease
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
After six years of painstaking research, a UCLA-led team has validated the first standardized protocol for measuring one
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
A recent ...
A recent ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Using a novel approach that homes in on rare families severely affected by autism, a Johns Hopkins-led team of researche
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Health & Medicine
Diets come and go, and the news is constantly filled with the findings and opinions about what is good for you and what
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Roch
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 25, 2015
Cardiology
Working with lab animals and human heart cells, scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions have identified wha
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 25, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
More than a year into Colorado's experiment legalizing marijuana, labs testing the plants are able for the first time to
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 24, 2015
Cardiology
Having a certain mindset-namely, a heartfelt purpose in life-can help insulate us as we age against the ravages of brain
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 24, 2015
Neuroscience
Milk has long been associated with healthy bones, but a new study from the University of Kansas Medical Center might hav
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Google-supported biotech firm Calico is collaborating with Harvard and MIT's Broad Institute on a new initiative centere
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
A research team at UC San Francisco has discovered an RNA molecule called Pnky that can be manipulated to increase the p
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Biogen Idec Inc, Cambridge, Mass, says aducanumab, its new Alzheimer's drug under development shows signs of slowing the
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Drugs aimed at quelling the behavior problems of dementia patients may also hasten their deaths more than previously rea
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 18, 2015
Neuroscience
Scientists at The University of Manchester have made an important new discovery about the brain's immune system that cou
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer's disease. But whil
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers in Japan have created a protein that fluoresces and assembles into large crystals when placed inside a livin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 12, 2015
Neuroscience
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has determined the basic structural organization of a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 10, 2015
Health & Medicine
The trillions of microbes that inhabit the human body, collectively called the microbiome, are estimated to weigh two to
...
Written By:
Will Hector