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Multidisciplinary Hispanic health study receives $21 million NIH grant

A multidisciplinary team of University of Miami researchers studying factors associated with health outcomes and disease risk in the Hispanic community has received a $21 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

7 Jan 2025

Persistent and increasing depression linked to higher mortality risk in Chinese adults

Study reveals five depressive symptom trajectories, with stable-high and increasing patterns significantly raising all-cause mortality risk in older adults.

7 Jan 2025

How loneliness and social isolation impact your health at the molecular level

This research identifies proteins linking social relationships to cardiovascular disease and mortality, offering insights for disease prediction and prevention.

7 Jan 2025

DASH Diet earns top spots in 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Diets Rankings

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or DASH, Diet, developed in part by Pennington Biomedical Research Center scientists, has been recognized as the second-best diet overall and the best heart-healthy diet in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Diets Rankings.

6 Jan 2025

Exploring avoidable nursing home-to-hospital transfers for dementia patients

For many nursing home residents, a trip to the hospital can be a jarring experience - one that leaves them confused and stressed.

3 Jan 2025

Taxi and ambulance drivers show lower Alzheimer’s risk

Study reveals that taxi and ambulance drivers, whose jobs demand frequent spatial and navigational processing, have lower Alzheimer's disease-related mortality compared to other professions. These findings suggest a potential link between occupational cognitive demands and AD risk.

1 Jan 2025

Study reveals how societal inequities influence brain aging and dementia

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have collaborated with international partners to explore if societal inequality affects our brain.

27 Dec 2024

New Alzheimer's guidelines provide comprehensive framework for diagnosis

We have entered a new era of improved and emerging biologically-based diagnostic biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD-related neurodegenerative disorders (ADRD) that are rapidly impacting evaluation and care paradigms in every clinical setting: primary care, specialty care and dementia subspecialty care.

23 Dec 2024

Study unveils NAD's link to aging and disease development

UiB researchers are behind a new discovery that tells us how associated neurodegenerative diseases might develop.

23 Dec 2024

Study reveals potential Alzheimer’s risk in women using hormone replacement therapy

Hormone Replacement Therapy involves giving women synthetic oestrogen to replace depleting hormone levels and thus alleviate menopausal symptoms.

23 Dec 2024

Spatial aging clocks reveal how T cells and neural stem cells shape brain aging

Researchers developed spatial aging clocks to map brain cell aging, revealing how T cells accelerate aging and NSCs rejuvenate neighboring cells, offering new insights into brain health and interventions.

22 Dec 2024

Healthy lifestyles linked to younger brains

Using an AI tool, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have analyzed brain images from 70-year-olds and estimated their brains' biological age.

20 Dec 2024

Drinking more coffee linked to reduced cognitive decline in people with atrial fibrillation

Drinking multiple cups of coffee a day may help prevent cognitive decline in people with atrial fibrillation (AFib or AF), according to new research published on Dec. 14, 2024 in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

19 Dec 2024

Vanderbilt researchers achieve milestone in Alzheimer's drug development

Researchers at the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, a clinical stage biotech within the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, have detailed the successful drug discovery of a phase I single ascending dose clinical trial of VU319, a drug for memory loss in people with Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia.

19 Dec 2024

Chronic gut infection may play role in Alzheimer’s disease progression

Arizona State University and Banner Alzheimer's Institute researchers, along with their collaborators, have discovered a surprising link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of Alzheimer's disease in a subset of people.

19 Dec 2024

New blood test could help identify patients at risk for cognitive impairment

To identify and follow blood vessel-related changes in the brain that contribute to cognitive impairment and dementia, researchers and clinicians typically rely on MRI to evaluate "downstream" biological markers – those at the end of a cascade of events.

19 Dec 2024

Self-reported walking speed can predict metabolic disease risk

Walking speed can provide insights into health, extending beyond mere mobility, so much so that it is considered to be the "sixth vital sign."

19 Dec 2024

Study shows chatbots’ cognitive limitations using dementia screening

Almost all leading large language models or "chatbots" show signs of mild cognitive impairment in tests widely used to spot early signs of dementia, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

19 Dec 2024

Social and mentally stimulating activities benefit cognitive function

It’s that time of the year when most of us get the chance to sit back and enjoy some well-deserved down time. But whether you reach for the TV controller, or a favourite book, your choice could have implications for your long-term brain health, say researchers at the University of South Australia.

19 Dec 2024

Sleep disruptions may increase brain volume in the hippocampus

People with breathing problems during sleep may have a larger hippocampus, the area of the brain responsible for memory and thinking, according to a study published in the December 18, 2024, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

18 Dec 2024