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Because dementia patients are more likely to acquire COVID-19, and because so many live in close-quarter facilities – like nursing homes – it’s critical to vaccinate them as quickly as possible.
The researchers developed a molecule which works to stop toxic proteins from building up in the brain.
In this new study, people who were overweight had fewer brain cells and lower levels of blood flow compared to people of a normal weight.
Knowing what cells are more vulnerable could some day help researchers know why these cells are more vulnerable than others.
The tiny air pollutants known as PM2.5, emitted by vehicles, factories and power plants, aren’t just a hazard for lungs. A study finds more brain shrinkage in older women exposed to pollution.
Our gut microbes play a key role in sending and receiving signals that influence the brain.
New statistics show that people with dementia have been particularly vulnerable during the pandemic.
Architects need to learn to see dementia not as a disease but as a disability, and shift the design focus to spaces that can help maintain the everyday functions of people with the condition.
Dementia and depression are two diagnoses that rob older adults of health and happiness. Despite their obvious differences, it is becoming ever more apparent that the two conditions are connected.
Drinking at “safe” levels was shown to reduce the amount of a person’s total brain tissue.
September is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and therefore a good time to talk about dementia. Alzheimer’s is the most common dementia, but there are others to be aware of, a gerontologist explains.
Many patients suffering from COVID-19 exhibit neurological symptoms, from loss of smell to delirium to a higher risk of stroke. Down the road, will COVID-19 survivors face a wave of cognitive issues?
The social isolation older adults are experiencing as they try to stay safe from the coronavirus pandemic is raising new mental health risks, but people can take steps to protect themselves.
A blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease in people who have symptoms and even those who don’t has been shown to work. Scientists still need to improve its accuracy rate to almost 100%, however.
Though a recent study’s results were promising, there is still much that researchers don’t know.
Stress, depression, and high blood pressure were just some of the risk factors the study’s researchers identified.
Having extra copies of a gene called BACE2 can slow down the development of Alzheimer’s disease in human brain cells.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons recently opened a unit for people suffering dementia. But is incarceration a ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment for those who don’t understand why they are behind bars?
What does an artist do when the subject is a disease as much as a person, and when the disease then subsumes the person – to the point where he can’t recognize his own son?
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Research Fellow in Neuroimmunology, UCL
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Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Florida
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Professor Emeritus of Molecular Neurobiology at the University of Manchester and a Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University
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Professor of Neurology, UCL
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Professor of Psychology in Epidemiology, UCL
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Post grad student at University of Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh
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Étudiant au doctorat en psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professor of Chemistry and Senior Scientist of the Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor in Cellular Neuroscience, University of Reading
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Head of Clinical Services, Dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Investigations Editor, Insights, The Conversation
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Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Virginia
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Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tufts University
