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Professional rugby participation may be linked with structural changes in the brain

Participation in elite adult rugby may be associated with changes in brain structure.

22 Jul 2021

Existing drug may be effective in treating COVID-19

A new University of Chicago study has found that the drug masitinib may be effective in treating COVID-19.

21 Jul 2021

$Cognitive decline linked with bone loss and increased fracture risk in women$

Cognitive decline linked with bone loss and increased fracture risk in women

New research published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research has found that cognitive decline is linked with accelerated bone loss and an increased fracture risk in women.

21 Jul 2021

$Cognitive decline increases future fracture risk in women$

Cognitive decline increases future fracture risk in women

Researchers led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered a link between cognitive decline and a faster rate of bone loss, and found that cognitive decline over five years increased future fracture risk in women. The association between cognitive decline and bone loss was weaker in men.

21 Jul 2021

UTHSC announces an increase in research grant and contract awards for FY21

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Office of Research announced that annual research grant and contract awards for FY21, which ended June 30, total more than $121 million, a 20.6% increase from last year.

20 Jul 2021

ATN framework can be extended to detect frontotemporal degeneration

Alzheimer's disease and related diseases can still only be confirmed in deceased patients' brains via autopsy.

20 Jul 2021

New compounds can provide a breakthrough in the treatment of neurodegenerative pathologies

Russian scientists have synthesized chemical compounds that can stop the degeneration of neurons in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other severe brain pathologies. These substances can provide a breakthrough in the treatment of neurodegenerative pathologies.

19 Jul 2021

Autophagy disruption may be at the root of early cognitive changes in Huntington’s disease

Huntington's Disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition characterized by motor, cognitive, and psychiatric symptoms, and motor symptoms are often preceded by cognitive changes.

15 Jul 2021

Can Biden’s plan to remove urban highways improve the health of American cities?

Mandela Parkway, a four-lane boulevard enhanced by a median with trees and a curving footpath, stretches along a 24-block section of West Oakland. It's the fruit of a grassroots neighborhood campaign to block reconstruction of an elevated freeway leveled by the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989 and reimagine the thoroughfare to replace it.

15 Jul 2021

Metal-based molecule inhibits the build-up of Alzheimer's peptides in lab tests

In lab tests, Imperial researchers have created a metal-based molecule that inhibits the build-up of a peptide associated with Alzheimer's disease.

14 Jul 2021

Predictive model using vocal features from phone conversations can identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

Study shows that a machine learning-based predictive model can be trained using telephone conversations to identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease.

14 Jul 2021

Israeli study of breakthrough infections following full BNT-Pfizer vaccination, 40% immunocompromised

Severe forms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) linked to high mortality rates might arise in a minority of fully-vaccinated individuals with many co-occurring medical conditions, finds a recent study by Israeli researchers published in the journal Clinical Microbiology and Infection.

13 Jul 2021

Blood test could be a simple and effective method for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 infection

A blood test that quantifies the protein ACE2, the cellular protein which allows entry of the coronavirus into cells, as well as ACE2 fragments, produced as a result of interaction with the virus, could be a simple and effective method for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a study led by Javier Sáez-Valero, from the UMH-CSIC Neurosciences Institute in Alicante, published in FASEB Journal.

13 Jul 2021

Patient characteristics including demographic factors and comorbidities can accurately predict the outcome of COVID-19 infection severity

New machine learning models incorporating COVID-19 infection data show that patient demography is a key predictor of infection outcome.

13 Jul 2021

New approach that uses machine learning could transform drug development

Writing in the July 12, 2021 online issue of Nature Communications, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine describe a new approach that uses machine learning to hunt for disease targets and then predicts whether a drug is likely to receive FDA approval.

12 Jul 2021

Gene therapy shows promise in children with devastating genetic disorder

Children with a devastating genetic disorder characterized by severe motor disability and developmental delay have experienced sometimes dramatic improvements in a gene therapy trial launched at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals.

12 Jul 2021

People's desire to live into older ages reduced by hypothetical adverse life scenarios

A new study sheds light on how the specter of dementia and chronic pain reduce people's desire to live into older ages.

12 Jul 2021

Novel method of gene therapy promises to transform the treatment of rare genetic disorder

A novel method of gene therapy is helping children born with a rare genetic disorder called AADC deficiency that causes severe physical and developmental disabilities.

12 Jul 2021

Why we may never know whether the $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug actually works

The Food and Drug Administration's approval in June of a drug purporting to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease was widely celebrated, but it also touched off alarms.

12 Jul 2021

Researchers develop normalized brain growth curve charts for children

In the United States, nearly every pediatric doctor's visit begins with three measurements: weight, height and head circumference. Compared to average growth charts of children across the country, established in the 1970s, a child's numbers can confirm typical development or provide a diagnostic baseline to assess deviations from the curve.

9 Jul 2021

Alzheimer's & Dementia News and Research

Latest Alzheimer's & Dementia News and Research

Professional rugby participation may be linked with structural changes in the brain

Existing drug may be effective in treating COVID-19

Cognitive decline linked with bone loss and increased fracture risk in women

Cognitive decline increases future fracture risk in women

UTHSC announces an increase in research grant and contract awards for FY21

ATN framework can be extended to detect frontotemporal degeneration

New compounds can provide a breakthrough in the treatment of neurodegenerative pathologies

Autophagy disruption may be at the root of early cognitive changes in Huntington’s disease

Can Biden’s plan to remove urban highways improve the health of American cities?

Metal-based molecule inhibits the build-up of Alzheimer's peptides in lab tests

Predictive model using vocal features from phone conversations can identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

Israeli study of breakthrough infections following full BNT-Pfizer vaccination, 40% immunocompromised

Blood test could be a simple and effective method for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 infection

Patient characteristics including demographic factors and comorbidities can accurately predict the outcome of COVID-19 infection severity

New approach that uses machine learning could transform drug development

Gene therapy shows promise in children with devastating genetic disorder

People's desire to live into older ages reduced by hypothetical adverse life scenarios

Novel method of gene therapy promises to transform the treatment of rare genetic disorder

Why we may never know whether the $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug actually works

Researchers develop normalized brain growth curve charts for children

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