Patrick Stewart, the renowned Shakespearean stage actor who achieved global fame as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the…
Researchers discovered that herpes simplex virus type 1 reprograms the brain’s specialized immune cells, triggering aggressive antiviral defenses while shutting down routine…
A new study led by researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney warns that global dementia cases will more than double by 2050, with 24.7 million people expected…
A study led by Murdoch University links a Western diet to faster cognitive decline in people with the APOE ε4 gene, a major Alzheimer’s risk factor, after tracking 185 older…
Researchers have identified a multi-protein blood test panel containing seven distinct markers that could enable better blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease.
The test, developed by neurologist Jane Alty and computer scientist Quan Bai, emerged from a 2019 observation in a dementia clinic waiting room, where Alty noticed patients…
Alzheimer’s disease neurodegenerative biomarkers, particularly neurofilament light chain and tau-related proteins, show consistent associations with early motor decline in older adults according to a systematic review … Read more
Researchers analyzing more than 830,000 brain immune cells from 1,607 donors have discovered a protective microglial subtype that expands as Alzheimer’s disease progresses. Published in Nature … Read more
Adults whose first 1,000 days of life fell under Britain’s wartime sugar rationing experience a significantly lower risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and type 2 diabetes … Read more
Medical specialists and neuroscientists are highlighting how sleep serves as a critical biological cleaning cycle for the brain. From the discovery of the glymphatic system in … Read more
A 24-year study of 1,712 adults found that frequent TV watching in midlife correlated with smaller brain volumes and increased white matter damage, particularly in men, … Read more
For the first time in decades, the medical community has a tangible way to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. But as new disease-modifying therapies hit … Read more