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Columbia research seven years in the making highlights potential therapeutic target for neurodegenerative disease
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For more than 20 years, scientists have known that people with hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, or obesity have a higher likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
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Biogen’s Aduhelm is the first approved treatment for early stage Alzheimer’s patients that may be able to slow the disease.
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A recent look inside a baby zebrafish's transparent brain offers clues to how we remember and how we forget.
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- April 18, 2022
Studies linked to Cassava Sciences, once a stock market favorite, have been retracted or challenged by medical journals.
- December 11, 2021
Various programs around the country connect neurologic patients and caregivers with the arts. One such example is Arts & Minds, an organization founded by Dr. James M. Noble
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- October 26, 2021
While it may be incurable, there are several ways to treat the symptoms—and one promising but controversial new drug.
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- October 25, 2021
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and College of Dental Medicine scientists awarded $3.97 million to study link between Alzheimer’s and periodontitis
- October 18, 2021
Dr. Manly was elected to NAM for her pioneering work improving detection of cognitive impairment among racially, culturally, and socio-economically diverse adults
- August 30, 2021
Finding out exactly which type of dementia you or your loved one has may be scary, but it’s important to identify the condition as early as possible
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- July 8, 2021
There is a robust market for books that praise our seemingly feeble habits of mind.
- June 28, 2021
The federal health insurance program may limit who can get the drug, which Biogen priced at $56,000 a year, to limit the financial impact
- June 8, 2021
On Monday, the FDA approved a new drug for Alzheimer’s disease—the first in nearly two decades. Biogen’s aducanumab aims to slow the cognitive decline often associated with the disease.
- June 7, 2021
After exercising, choose a brain-healthy recovery meal.
