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5h ago
Open your medicine cabinet, and you’ll see many examples of the most common type of medication on the market: Small molecule drugs such as...
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1d ago
According to the 2020 Lancet Commission report, the number of people living with dementia worldwide will almost triple in the coming decades, from 57...
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1d ago
An article published this week in the prestigious journal Nature Medicine documents what is believed to be the first evidence that Alzheimer’s disease can...
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4d ago
Intermittent fasting has become a popular dietary approach to help people lose or manage their weight. It has also been promoted as a way...
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5d ago
The way we should talk about dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases — the terminology we use — can be confusing. We might find ourselves...
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1w ago
TauRx’s experimental drug HMTM is designed to target tau protein, an Alzheimer’s biomarker protein that causes tangles to muck up the works in the...
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1w ago
It’s an exciting time for Alzheimer’s research, according to Madhav Thambisetty, senior investigator at the National Institute on Aging. “We’ve known for years that...
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1w ago
A friend of mine, who contracted COVID-19 over a year ago, recently told me that he is still struggling with brain fog and complete...
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1w ago
The most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s, is a progressive, life limiting, neurodegenerative condition, which damages and destroys parts of the nervous system, especially...
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2w ago
From the crispy crunch of fresh veggies to the creamy indulgence of decadent desserts, we all have different food preferences. Our palates develop uniquely,...
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