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Repeated listening to favorite music induces beneficial brain plasticity in Alzheimer’s patients

Researchers at the University of Toronto and Unity Health Toronto have demonstrated that repeated listening to personally meaningful music induces beneficial brain plasticity in patients with mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's disease.

9 Nov 2021

Research opens the door to new therapeutic options for Parkinson's disease

These advances have been reported in a new scientific article published in the international journal Nature, fruit of the collaboration between Northwestern University (Chicago), Weill Cornell Medical College (New York) and the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville HUVR/CSIC/US/ and Ciberned.

8 Nov 2021

International Alzheimer’s trial to evaluate a combination of drugs targeting two brain proteins

Trial participant Rachel Habiger meets in 2018 with Randall J. Bateman, MD, the director of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

8 Nov 2021

Alzheimer’s Disease – A Global Response to a Global Challenge

Alzheimer’s Disease remains both a current issue and a future challenge. Levels of the disease in the European Union have been predicted to double from the current estimate of 7,853,705 to 14,298,671 by 2050

From Biophys Ltd. 8 Nov 2021

Deletion of ABI3 gene in the brain may increase risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease

When immune cells move throughout the brain, they act as the first line of defense against viruses, toxic materials and damaged neurons, rushing over to clear out them.

7 Nov 2021

Prescription drug for multiple sclerosis improves memory in Alzheimer's mouse model

Losing memory is a hallmark of Alzheimer's, a symptom of the disease that depletes a patient's quality of life. Improving memory and slowing cognitive changes caused by the disease is an ongoing challenge for researchers seeking to develop novel therapies.

7 Nov 2021

APOL1 variant risk may extend to poorer outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 infection

Now, a new study published on the medRxiv* preprint server tests the hypothesis that adverse COVID-19 outcomes are associated with the variants of the APOL1 gene.

4 Nov 2021

MIT researchers identify link between MEF2 gene and cognitive resilience in older individuals

Many people develop Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia as they get older. However, others remain sharp well into old age, even if their brains show underlying signs of neurodegeneration.

3 Nov 2021

Understanding the current medical landscape of prostate cancer

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Dr. Simon Chowdhury and Laetitia Guilloux about the current state of prostate cancer, it's prevalence, treatment options and its future.

From Janssen Pharmaceuticals 2 Nov 2021

UMass Amherst and Brigham launch MassAITC to improve in-home care for Alzheimer's patients

The University of Massachusetts Amherst and Brigham and Women's Hospital announced today the launch of the new Massachusetts AI and Technology Center for Connected Care in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (MassAITC), which seeks to improve in-home care for older adults and individuals with Alzheimer's disease, thanks to a grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), which is part of the National Institutes of Health.

1 Nov 2021

Researchers receive $9.1 million grant to study resilience in older adults before and during the pandemic

The National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health has awarded researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis a five-year, $9.1 million grant to study resilience in older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the pandemic's cognitive and emotional effects on older adults.

30 Oct 2021

Alzheimer's disease develops in a very different way than previously thought

For the first time, researchers have used human data to quantify the speed of different processes that lead to Alzheimer's disease and found that it develops in a very different way than previously thought.

30 Oct 2021

Consortium of Louisiana's research institutions to investigate the mysteries of "long COVID"

A consortium of Louisiana's leading biomedical research institutions, headed by the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, partnered with LSU and Tulane Health Science Centers in New Orleans, will investigate the mysteries of "long COVID" under a National Institutes of Health award.

29 Oct 2021

UT Southwestern study suggests potential way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease

A study by UT Southwestern researchers finds that changing the biochemistry of parts of brain cells abolished the formation of amyloid beta plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

29 Oct 2021

Study shows rise in death rate from Parkinson's disease in the United States

A new study shows that in the last two decades the death rate from Parkinson's disease has risen about 63% in the United States.

27 Oct 2021

Study finds inadequate guidance and counseling for working-age people living with dementia

The right of working-age people living with dementia to receive adequate and timely guidance and counseling is not realized properly, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.

27 Oct 2021

Researchers receive $8.9 million grant to study the gut-brain connection in Parkinson’s disease

Dr. Michael Kaplitt, a professor of neurological surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and a longtime leader in developing cutting-edge surgical therapies for movement disorders, leads a team that has been awarded a three-year, $8.9 million grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) initiative.

26 Oct 2021

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Latest Alzheimer's & Dementia News and Research

Repeated listening to favorite music induces beneficial brain plasticity in Alzheimer’s patients

Research opens the door to new therapeutic options for Parkinson's disease

International Alzheimer’s trial to evaluate a combination of drugs targeting two brain proteins

Alzheimer’s Disease – A Global Response to a Global Challenge

Deletion of ABI3 gene in the brain may increase risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease

Prescription drug for multiple sclerosis improves memory in Alzheimer's mouse model

APOL1 variant risk may extend to poorer outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 infection

MIT researchers identify link between MEF2 gene and cognitive resilience in older individuals

Understanding the current medical landscape of prostate cancer

UMass Amherst and Brigham launch MassAITC to improve in-home care for Alzheimer's patients

Researchers receive $9.1 million grant to study resilience in older adults before and during the pandemic

Alzheimer's disease develops in a very different way than previously thought

Consortium of Louisiana's research institutions to investigate the mysteries of "long COVID"

UT Southwestern study suggests potential way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease

Study shows rise in death rate from Parkinson's disease in the United States

Study finds inadequate guidance and counseling for working-age people living with dementia

Researchers receive $8.9 million grant to study the gut-brain connection in Parkinson’s disease

DOD funds first human trial of a device to enhance the natural brain cleansing system

Clinically significant cataract associated with greater mortality risk from vascular causes

Salk scientists find a way that neurons and astrocytes work together to form healthy synapses

Optimizing the treatment of epilepsy patients

Stand Up To Cancer; An Interview with Chris Draft

‘Moving molecule’ therapy for severe spinal cord injury

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