1

2

Top Headlines

New Tests Identify Early Changes in Alzheimer’s Disease Before Symptoms Appear

Dec. 1, 2020 — Researchers have found new forms of tau protein that become abnormal in the very early stages of Alzheimer's disease before ...

Forest Fires, Cars, Power Plants Join List of Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease

Nov. 30, 2020 — A new study has found that among older Americans with cognitive impairment, the greater the air pollution in their neighborhood, the higher the ...

New Method Shows Great Potential for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

Nov. 3, 2020 — In Alzheimer's disease, a protein (peptide) forms clumps in the brain and causes sufferers to lose their memory. A research group has now described a new treatment method that increases the body's ...

Bacterial Metabolism of Dietary Soy May Lower Risk Factor for Dementia

Oct. 22, 2020 — A metabolite produced following consumption of dietary soy may decrease a key risk factor for dementia - with the help of the right bacteria, according to a new ...

Latest Headlines

updated 7:00pm EST

Novel Mechanisms That Cause Protein Clumping in Brain Diseases

Dec. 1, 2020 — A team of researchers has taken a major step toward understanding the mechanisms involved in the formation of large clumps of tau protein, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and several other ...

Older Adults With Dementia Exhibit Financial 'Symptoms' Up to Six Years Before Diagnosis

Nov. 30, 2020 — A new study found that Medicare beneficiaries who go on to be diagnosed with dementia are more likely to miss payments on bills as early as six years ...

Anxiety Associated With Faster Alzheimer's Disease Onset

Nov. 24, 2020 — Anxiety is associated with an increased rate of progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease, according to a new ...

Team Uses Copper to Image Alzheimer's Aggregates in the Brain

Nov. 24, 2020 — A proof-of-concept study conducted in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease offers new evidence that copper isotopes can be used to detect the amyloid-beta protein deposits that form in the brains of ...

Overly Reactivated Star-Shaped Cells Explain the Unpredictability of Alzheimer's Disease

Nov. 16, 2020 — Researchers have demonstrated that the severity of 'reactive astrocytes' is a key indicator for the onset of Alzheimer's ...

The Long Road to Dementia

Nov. 17, 2020 — Alzheimer's disease develops over decades. It begins with a fatal chain reaction in which masses of misfolded beta-amyloid proteins are produced that in the end literally flood the brain. Researchers ...

Link Between Alzheimer's Disease and Gut Microbiota Is Confirmed

Nov. 13, 2020 — In recent years, the scientific community has suspected that the gut microbiota plays a role in the development of the disease. A team now confirms the correlation, in humans, between an imbalance in ...

Link Between Sleep Apnea and Increased Risk of Dementia

Nov. 11, 2020 — A new study by Monash University has found that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been linked to an increased risk of ...

Root Bacterium to Fight Alzheimer's

Nov. 2, 2020 — A bacterium found among the soil close to roots of ginseng plants could provide a new approach for the treatment of Alzheimer's. Rhizolutin, a novel class of compounds with a tricyclic framework, ...

'White Matter Lesion' Mapping Tool Identifies Early Signs of Dementia

Oct. 27, 2020 — A new tool for analyzing tissue damage seen on MRI brain scans can detect with more than 70% accuracy early signs of cognitive decline, new research ...