Can younger people’s mental health signal dementia risk?

Mental disorders may increase risk for subsequent dementia, researchers find. Investing in good mental health care for young people could help.

Jared Wadley-Michigan • futurity
Feb. 21, 2022 ~5 min

How the brain organizes memories in time

Researchers have figured out how the hippocampus region of the brain organizes memories into sequences and how this can be used to plan future behavior.

Brian Bell-UC Irvine • futurity
Feb. 18, 2022 ~7 min


Cystic fibrosis drugs may hold key to other diseases

The way cystic fibrosis drugs bind the CFTR gene could lead to treatments for other misfolded protein diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
Jan. 25, 2022 ~6 min

Conflicts between nursing home residents are often chalked up to dementia – the real problem is inadequate care and neglect

Research shows that violence between patients is prevalent, often overlooked and largely unaddressed.

Eilon Caspi, Assistant Research Professor of Health, Intervention, and Policy, University of Connecticut • conversation
Jan. 21, 2022 ~10 min

ADHD drug may protect against Alzheimer’s neurodegeneration

A repurposed ADHD medication that boosts norepinephrine levels could stall neurodegeneration in people with early signs of Alzheimer’s disease.

Quinn Eastmann-Emory • futurity
Jan. 18, 2022 ~8 min

Home for the holidays and worried about an older relative? Make observations, not assumptions

In tough conversations, show your respect for loved ones’ autonomy and dignity.

Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Associate Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics, University of Virginia • conversation
Dec. 21, 2021 ~7 min

Air pollution may cancel out benefits of exercise on brain health

Exercise is good for brain health, but a new study shows that high levels of air pollution may negate those benefits, researchers say.

U. Arizona • futurity
Dec. 14, 2021 ~5 min

Cataract surgery linked to lower dementia risk

New findings strongly link cataract surgery with a lower risk of dementia among older people.

Bobbi Nodell-Washington • futurity
Dec. 7, 2021 ~8 min


Alzheimer's: our research sheds light on how the disease progresses in the brain

Our research suggests the multiplication of protein aggregates in individual regions of the brain, rather than their spread between regions, is key to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

Georg Meisl, Research Associate, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge • conversation
Oct. 29, 2021 ~7 min

Scientists identify the cause of Alzheimer’s progression in the brain

For the first time, researchers have used human data to quantify the speed of different processes that lead to Alzheimer’s disease and found that it develops

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 29, 2021 ~6 min

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