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Mental health
fromSan Jose Spotlight
5 days ago

San Jose day center CEO helps people with dementia - San Jose Spotlight

Maria Nicolacoudis leads Hearts & Minds, providing essential care for adults with dementia and support for their families.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

9 cognitive habits people develop when they grew up bilingual that have nothing to do with language and everything to do with how their brain learned to hold two realities at once - Silicon Canals

Bilingualism can delay Alzheimer's onset by five years and reshapes cognitive processes beyond language.
#cognitive-decline
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago
Psychology

Are You a Super-Ager?

Cognitive decline is not inevitable; some elderly individuals, known as super-agers, maintain strong memory performance into old age.
fromenglish.elpais.com
9 months ago
Mental health

How to avoid age-related cognitive deterioration

Cognitive decline is not an unavoidable consequence of aging, and many seniors maintain sharp cognitive abilities.
#alzheimers-disease
Medicine
fromNature
1 month ago

Blood test holds promise for predicting when Alzheimer's symptoms will start

A blood test measuring an abnormal tau protein may predict whether and when someone will develop Alzheimer's, enabling earlier intervention and aiding clinical trials.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Resilience to Alzheimer's Disease

Cognitive decline is not inevitable; P7C3-A20 restored NAD+ balance and reversed Alzheimer-like pathology and cognitive deficits in mice, suggesting potential for human prevention or reversal.
Medicine
fromInsideHook
4 weeks ago

Could This Type of Cell Help Prevent Alzheimer's Disease?

Tanycytes in the hypothalamus show degradation in Alzheimer's patients, suggesting these cells may play a crucial role in tau protein removal and disease development.
fromNature
1 month ago
Medicine

Blood test holds promise for predicting when Alzheimer's symptoms will start

Science
fromNature
4 weeks ago

Daily briefing: How koalas escaped a genetic bottleneck

Koalas recovered substantial genetic diversity after near-extinction through increased recombination during rapid population expansion, demonstrating that severely depleted species can restore lost genetic material.
#music-therapy
fromKqed
4 weeks ago
Health

Music Creates Connections for Bay Area Residents and Families Confronting Memory Loss | KQED

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4 weeks ago
Health

Music Creates Connections for Bay Area Residents and Families Confronting Memory Loss | KQED

Women in technology
fromNature
4 weeks ago

Uncharted: Understanding women's health across the body

Women's health remains largely understudied due to historical exclusion from clinical research, creating significant gaps in understanding disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment across most health conditions.
Science
fromNature
4 weeks ago

Mysterious brain cells clear proteins that contribute to Alzheimer's disease

Tanycytes, specialized brain cells, transport toxic tau proteins from cerebrospinal fluid into the bloodstream, but malfunction in Alzheimer's disease, causing tau accumulation in the brain.
Science
fromNature
1 month ago

Brains of 'super agers' are still strong producers of new neurons

Adults maintaining strong neuron production in the hippocampus demonstrate better memory and cognitive function than those with declining neurogenesis, particularly evident in super agers and absent in Alzheimer's patients.
Medicine
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

This form of mental exercise may cut dementia risk for decades

A short course of processing-speed cognitive training plus a booster reduces dementia diagnosis risk by about 25% over the following 20 years.
California
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
1 month ago

He proposed, forgetting they were already married. So they wed again at his Berkeley memory care home

A longtime couple renewed vows in a Berkeley memory-care residence as the husband, living with Alzheimer's, embraced his wife and she said yes again.
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Bacteria found the eyes could drive dementia, experts discover

To make their discovery, researchers examined donated eye tissue from more than 100 people who had died with Alzheimer's, mild cognitive impairment or no signs of dementia. They were looking specifically for C. pneumoniae, because previous research has already linked it to Alzheimer's. The bacteria has also been detected in brain tissue from patients who died with the condition, sometimes found close to the sticky amyloid plaques and tangles believed to drive memory loss and confusion.
Medicine
#lithium
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Menopause linked to Alzheimer's-like brain changes

Menopause is linked to loss of grey matter in memory- and emotion-related brain regions, resembling changes seen in Alzheimer's disease.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Trump forgets the word for "Alzheimer's" as he claims he doesn't have it - LGBTQ Nation

Donald Trump recalled his father developing Alzheimer's, denied having it, and family members report seeing similar disorientation in Donald Trump.
California
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
2 months ago

Remembering Gale Bach, planner at Metropolitan Transportation Commission, winemaker, gardener

Berkeley resident Gale Bach, a physicist-turned-planner and winemaker, lived a life of community service, craftsmanship, gardening, and enduring love, dying at 86 from Alzheimer's.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Alzheimer's therapies should target a particular gene, researchers say

New therapies for Alzheimer's disease should target a particular gene linked to the condition, according to researchers who said most cases would never arise if its harmful effects were neutralised. The call to action follows the arrival of the first wave of drugs that aim to treat Alzheimer's patients by removing toxic proteins from the brain. While the drugs slow the disease down, the benefits are minor,
Medicine
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Your Brain May Be Healthier Than You Realize

Maintaining cardiovascular health reduces the risk of vascular dementia because arterial plaque and poor cerebral blood flow can cause irreversible brain damage and memory loss.
Medicine
fromScienceDaily
3 months ago

Blood tests reveal obesity rapidly accelerates Alzheimer's progression

Obesity accelerates Alzheimer's-related blood biomarker changes up to 95%, with blood tests detecting changes earlier than brain PET scans.
Medicine
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
4 months ago

GLP-1 Pill Fails to Slow Alzheimer's Progression in Clinical Trial

Semaglutide pills failed to slow Alzheimer's progression in initial analysis of two phase 3 trials, and Novo Nordisk has ended related Alzheimer's trials.
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Novo Nordisk shares slide after Ozempic pill fails in Alzheimer's trials

Oral semaglutide failed to slow Alzheimer's progression in two large trials, prompting a sharp share price drop for Novo Nordisk.
#dementia
Science
fromNature
4 months ago

Daily briefing: A guide to global climate change action

Moderate daily walking (3,000–7,500 steps) slows Alzheimer's-related decline and longer walks reduce cardiovascular risk; US embryo-editing ventures face safety and ethical concerns.
fromNatural Health News
4 months ago

How Sugar Impacts Your Memory

Recent studies conclude that high glucose levels from sugar impacts your memory and impair cognition. In fact, individuals with diabetes, a condition that causes elevated high blood-sugar levels, are known to increase stress and have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, a form of dementia. It seems that the brain in type II diabetes, just like the body, has difficulty utilizing sugar for energy and this can lead to slower processing when it comes to memory retrieval.
Alternative medicine
#brain-ageing
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
5 months ago

Drew Struzan, artist of iconic movie posters, dies at 78

Drew Struzan, legendary film poster artist for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and other major films, died at 78 after battling Alzheimer's disease.
Mental health
fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 months ago

Asking Eric: I don't know why I'm being such a jerk to people

Seek medical evaluation and social support to investigate sudden irritability, considering medical, neurological, metabolic, and mental-health causes.
Medicine
fromScienceDaily
6 months ago

Brain fat, not just plaques, may be the hidden driver of Alzheimer's

Excess fat accumulation in microglia impairs their protective function in Alzheimer's, and breaking down that fat restores brain immune defenses.
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

Which Disorders Lead to More Left-Right Confusion?

Most healthy people have no issues telling left from right, but for some people (about 15 percent), left-right confusion is a somewhat common experience in their everyday lives. Common situations in which people confuse left and right every now and then include giving instructions about directions to somebody else who is driving a car, moving the wrong foot during dancing, or taking the wrong direction when hiking.
Medicine
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 months ago

Mileage clock' found inside brain could help diagnose Alzheimer's

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Media industry
fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 months ago

Bob Milano starred at Cal as a catcher before becoming the Golden Bears' winningest baseball coach

Bob Milano, an Oakland kid who played catcher at Cal and then became the winningest baseball coach in school history, has died. He was 85. Milano retired following the 1999 season with 688 career victories. He was inducted to the Cal Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004 and had his jersey number 7 retired by the school. The school confirmed Milano's death on Monday afternoon.
Major League Baseball
Medicine
fromMail Online
6 months ago

Expert reveals the best sleep position to protect against memory loss

Side-sleeping promotes cerebrospinal fluid circulation and glymphatic clearance, reducing accumulation of Alzheimer-related proteins and supporting long-term memory health versus back or stomach sleeping.
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

Three-minute test helps identify people at greater risk of Alzheimer's, trial finds

A three-minute Fastball EEG can detect Alzheimer's-linked memory problems in people with mild cognitive impairment well before typical diagnosis.
fromTODAY.com
7 months ago

Woman Caring for Her Divorced Dad With Dementia Opens Up About Resentment She Feels Toward Her Mom

"It wasn't a bitter divorce. More of a, 'We're not in love anymore' situation,"
Relationships
Medicine
fromHarvard Gazette
7 months ago

Mediterranean diet offsets genetic risk for dementia, study finds - Harvard Gazette

A Mediterranean-style diet most strongly reduces cognitive decline and dementia risk in people with the highest genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's disease.
Renovation
fromCbsnews
7 months ago

Families caring for older adults at home say aging in place should not be taken lightly, but may be worth it

Aging in place allows seniors to stay home but requires significant modifications, impacting family caregivers financially and emotionally.
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

Limitless: Live Better Now review Chris Hemsworth has absolutely no sense of rhythm

In the fifth episode, Chris Hemsworth discovered he has two copies of the heritable gene for Alzheimer's disease, increasing his likelihood of developing it significantly.
Television
fromPsychology Today
8 months ago

Navigating the Caregiving Journey With Mindfulness

Mindfulness helps caregivers travel the caregiving journey with intention, recognizing its unique challenges and avoiding burnout by maintaining a grounded sense of self.
Mindfulness
fromNature
8 months ago

Research-integrity sleuths say their work is being 'twisted' to undermine science

We try to point out those bad papers because we still believe in science and want to make science better. But, I am very worried about how the work we do in pointing out bad papers is currently being misused, or even weaponized, to convince the general public that all science is bad.
Science
fromNature
9 months ago

What's it like to work with an AI team of virtual scientists?

Montine constructed a team of six artificial-intelligence characters, all powered by a commercial large language model, to examine possible treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
Science
London music
fromIrish Independent
10 months ago

'You were a true lady' - Mother of music manager Louis Walsh dies following long battle with illness

Maureen Walsh, mother of Louis Walsh, passed away after a decade battling Alzheimer's disease.
She was a cherished mother and left behind a legacy of love and kindness.
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