Alzheimers

Summary: The brains of older, cognitively healthy people have similar amounts of dissolvable, non-fibrilla amyloid proteins as the brains of those with Alzheimer’s disease. Findings challenge the long-standing theory that having higher…

London CNN  —  The brains of three species of dolphin found stranded along the Scottish coast have shown the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research,…

Summary: The formation of plaques can cause the accumulation of spheroid-shaped swellings along axons near the amyloid plaque deposits. The swellings are caused by lysosomes, which digest cellular waste. As the swelling enlarges, it can…

Story at a glance  Alzheimer’s disease affects 5 million people in the U.S., according to data from 2020. Researchers are working to understand the various risk factors that may contribute to developing the disease.…

"I think our unique contribution has been to use these very high-tech, expensive, state-of-the-art scientific measures to prove how powerful these very low-tech and low-cost interventions can be," said Ornish, a professor of medicine at…

Varicella zoster virus (VZV), which commonly causes chickenpox and shingles, activates herpes simplex virus (HSV) from dormancy in neural tissue grown in vitro, which then leads to an increase in plaque deposits and decrease in neural…

According to the study, those who gave away more money had lower results on tests of cognition known to be sensitive to Alzheimer’s disease.Seniors’ willingness to give money is associated with the early-stage cognitive indicators of…

Scientists have now shown how a critical factor in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, a protein called tau, turns from normal to a disease state – and demonstrates how this discovery could provide a new target for treatment.New…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new Danish study found COVID-19 outpatients had a higher risk of being diagnosed with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, stroke and bleeding into the brain when compared with COVID-19 negative…

Summary: Older adults who received at least one flu vaccination were 40% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease over the course of a four-year follow-up than their peers who did not receive a vaccine.Source: UT HoustonPeople who…