Study helps characterize how sleep deficiency may relate to Alzheimer’s pathogenesis New research shows that lower relationships of specific sleep phases are associated with reduced volume of brain in regions that…
Modified tool helps assess symptoms in cognitively impaired nursing home residents No less than half of the nursing home residents are cognitively disabled and may not be able to communicate symptoms…
For seniors with hoarding disorder, a support group helps confront stigma and isolation A dozen people who were sitting around the folding tables, hesitate to clap a radiant woman: she has donated two…
Study helps explain why having ApoE4 increases risk of neurodegeneration A new study helps explain why having ApoE4 – the gene variant most closely linked to Alzheimer’s disease – increases…
New biomarker helps differentiate Alzheimer’s from primary 4-repeat tauopathies A new biomarker makes it easier to distinguish between Alzheimer’s disease and primary tauopathy. Patients regularly appear in university hospitals…
