Laura Burke, MD, MPH, an emergency physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), is at the forefront of research that intersects emergency medicine and…
In some people, new-onset depression may stem from the same buildup of toxic plaques in the brain that have long been linked to Alzheimer’s disease,…
People can create many special moments if they include a loved one with dementia in their end-of-summer Labor Day getaway.
Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University are searching for a better way to understand why many men with prostate cancer end…
Karolinska Institutet has discovered that an already registered antidepressant, duloxetine, may also have positive effects on memory and cognitive functions in the elderly.
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors used to treat type 2 diabetes might prevent dementia, providing greater benefits with longer treatment, suggests a large study from Korea…
GPs could soon be able to screen their patients for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) using a simple handheld device developed by Monash engineers.
Western Sydney University’s “Brain Bootcamp” is Australia’s first self-guided intervention demonstrating the potential of short lifestyle modifications, even later in life, in dementia prevention.
Recent research suggests that epigenetic markers in the blood could be useful for understanding dementia risk. Two linked papers from the University of Exeter and…
An analysis of more than 1.6 million brain cells from older adults has captured the cellular changes that occur in the early stages of Alzheimer’s…