High blood pressure may be bigger dementia risk for women
Even after accounting for other risk factors, a new study found that hypertension was associated with a higher risk of dementia in women than in men....
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Traffic-related pollution linked to dementia risk
A new study on rodents has found that exposure to traffic-related air pollution accelerated Alzheimer’s disease characteristics in subjects who express the risk gene and in wild-type rats....
read moreBrain changes from TBI similar to Alzheimer’s
A team at the University of Southern California found that brain changes in people with Alzheimer’s and in those with mild TBIs have significant similarities....
read moreDraining brain’s debris enhances Alzheimer’s therapies in mice...
New findings published in the journal “Nature” indicate that improving the function of the brain’s drainage network can improve the effectiveness of Alzheimer’s therapies in mice....
read moreNew drug prevents hallmark of Alzheimer’s in animals
A new study in the “Journal of Experimental Medicine” reports that scientists have identified a new drug that can inhibit the development of plaques in the brains of animals....
read moreNew studies support blood test for early detection of Alzheimer’s...
A team from the University of Gothenburg have found that an in-house blood test for Alzheimer’s can detect the disease early and track its course....
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