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While it may be incurable, there are several ways to treat the symptoms—and one promising but controversial new drug.
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Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and College of Dental Medicine scientists awarded $3.97 million to study link between Alzheimer’s and periodontitis
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Dr. Manly was elected to NAM for her pioneering work improving detection of cognitive impairment among racially, culturally, and socio-economically diverse adults
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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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AlzforumDecember 11, 2020It is difficult to isolate large quantities of microglia from human brain. That’s why scientists still know little about the different ways these cells rear up in health and disease.
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Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryDecember 9, 2020Neurodegenerative Disease Conference 2020: ADRC Cold Spring Harbor Panel featuring Dr. Anna Nordvig.
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CUIMC NewsroomNovember 25, 2020Decades before the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s appear, the brain’s neurons start secreting tau proteins, one of the first changes known to occur in the course of the disease.
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ForbesNovember 10, 2020Philip De Jager, a neurologist at Columbia University in New York, investigated what epigenetic changes occurred in the presence of tau tangles.
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Oprah MagazineJune 24, 2020The Alzheimer’s epidemic no one is talking about. That’s where the work of Jennifer J. Manly, PhD, a professor of neuropsychology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, comes in.
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Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging BrainMay 1, 2020Dr. Scott Small discusses the new P30 funding for the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) at Columbia.
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Thrive GlobalMarch 19, 2020Dr. Mitch Elkind couldn’t sleep. His mind was in overdrive, still cycling through reports he’d read about the spread of coronavirus in China and projecting what it might mean in the United States.
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CUIMC NewsroomNovember 22, 2019The CUIMC Newsroom speaks with Dr. Scott Small about the current state of research into Alzheimer’s treatments and prevention.
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CUIMC NewsroomNovember 19, 2019Education may reduce the risk of cognitive decline associated with the APOE e4 gene—the biggest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease—in older non-Hispanic black people.
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