Model uses retinal images to flag mild cognitive impairment

A machine learning model can differentiate normal cognition from mild cognitive impairment using retinal images from the eye.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
July 12, 2023 ~5 min

Common blood condition may protect against Alzheimer’s

There's a link between a blood condition called clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, or CHIP, and protection against Alzheimer’s.

Christopher Vaughn - Stanford • futurity
June 28, 2023 ~8 min


Nursing home residents with dementia do best with specialized care

Nursing home residents with dementia get better care when they're in the majority, but that's typically not the case, research finds.

Pat Harriman-UC Irvine • futurity
June 7, 2023 ~5 min

Unique genetic risk for Alzheimer’s for Ashkenazi Jews

Researchers have identified several new genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease unique to Ashkenazi Jews.

Gina DiGravio-Boston • futurity
June 1, 2023 ~5 min

Air pollution from traffic increases Alzheimer’s risk in mice

"Air pollution is one of the very few prominent, modifiable environmental risk factors in Alzheimer's disease."

UC Irvine • futurity
May 15, 2023 ~5 min

Deep sleep may buffer against Alzheimer’s memory loss

Deep sleep might help alleviate some of the most devastating outcomes of Alzheimer's disease, according to new research.

UC Berkeley • futurity
May 4, 2023 ~9 min

Stress raises Alzheimer’s risk in female mice but not males

Stress increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease in female mice, but not in males, according to a new study.

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
May 3, 2023 ~6 min

Disoriented mice shed light on the brain’s internal compass

A new study sheds light on how the brain orients itself in changing environments and how things can go wrong with its internal compass.

Shirley Cardenas-McGill • futurity
March 22, 2023 ~5 min


Gene variant tied to African ancestry ups Alzheimer’s risk

A genetic risk factor found almost exclusively in people of at least partial African ancestry boosts risk of Alzheimer's disease—but only sometimes.

Bruce Goldman-Stanford • futurity
Feb. 28, 2023 ~9 min

Method uses electricity to spot Alzheimer’s ‘tipping point’

An electrical method allows researchers to observe and analyze the dynamics of a brain protein that underlies diseases like Alzheimer's.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Feb. 17, 2023 ~5 min

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