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Category: Alzheimer’s
Artificial intelligence can help predict who will develop dementia, a new study finds
If you could find out that you were likely to develop Alzheimer's, would you want to know? Researchers from McGill University argue that patients and …
Late-night serendipity yields new insight Into Alzheimer’s disease
It was 2:30 on a winter morning several years ago at the National Institutes of Health outside of Washington, D.C. when Annelise Barron, PhD, a …
Genes that affect diseases and other traits may be scattered across genome
Biomedical researchers tend to envision genes for traits from height to Alzheimer's disease as being clustered in a limited number of pathways. Two assumptions have …
Inside the heads of men and women: A look at sex-based cognitive differences
I first began ruminating on what would eventually become my just-published Stanford Medicine magazine article, "Two Minds: The Cognitive Differences between Men and Women," in 2013, when I attended an …
Stanford researcher explores use of ketamine to treat severe mental illness
Obsessive-compulsive disorder was debilitating Geuris "Jerry" Rivas, a New York native. He would spend endless hours every day organizing his posters, comic books and videos. He …
Clinical guidance on genetic testing: A Q&A
Earlier this month, an FDA ruling gave 23andMe permission to market its personal genetic tests for 10 diseases, including Parkinson's and late-onset Alzheimer's. But with the increase in genetic …
Head injuries alter genes linked to serious brain disorders, new study shows
Traumatic brain injuries, like those caused by concussions, are common. But suffering even a mild brain injury boosts the likelihood of developing psychiatric or neurological …
You, too, can become a memory ace — and it will change your brain
Memory athletes -- individuals with the remarkable ability to, say, memorize the order of entire decks of cards in mere seconds -- invariably have a trick up their sleeve. …
Apparent inverse relationship between cancer and dementia disappears in new study
For decades, doctors suspected that dementia patients were less likely to get cancer than other people and, likewise, that cancer patients and survivors were less …
Caregivers experience high rates of anxiety, depression, study finds
Caring for a dying person is challenging and all-encompassing. And, not surprisingly, that takes a toll on caregivers, according to a new study. Researchers at …
New study hints at why infamous gene variant increases odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease
The causes of Alzheimer's disease remain obscure, although a new study provides a helpful clue. A long-reigning theory (to wit, that the accumulation of gummy protein …
Jekyll & Hyde tale unfolding within the human brain may explain neurodegenerative disease
Judging from the very terms used to designate brain research -- neuroscience, neurology, neurobiology -- you might figure nerve cells (or neurons, as brain scientists like …
Pilot study suggests therapy horses may aid people with dementia and their caregivers
Family members provide most of the day-to-day care for people with dementia. Yet few resources are available for individuals in this common, and often times stressful, …
Alzheimer’s researchers call on citizen scientists to play an online game
Many people, like me, have helplessly watched a loved one suffer and die from dementia. Now there's something average folks can do to help accelerate …
Blues progression: From a dye to a placebo to an Alzheimer’s treatment?
Why are Alzheimer's drug developers getting the blues? It depends on what's meant by "getting the blues." The field has been plagued by a succession of failures of …