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Newswise: Bank statements reveal clues to excessive spending and cognitive decline
Released: 24-Jun-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Bank statements reveal clues to excessive spending and cognitive decline
Wayne State University Division of Research

Early memory loss has been linked to wealth loss, but research has mostly focused on investments. Four years ago, Wayne State University clinical geropsychologist Peter Lichtenberg, Ph.D., wondered what clues might be found in an older person’s financial decisions to indicate their vulnerability to financial victimization.

Released: 24-Jun-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Low ABCA7 Protein May Indicate Alzheimer's Risk
Alzheimer's Center at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine

People aged 60-80 with low levels of the protein ABCA7 in the brain appear more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology.

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Released: 24-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
New Study: Cedars-Sinai Investigators Create AI Tool to Analyze Medical Data for Specific Conditions Like Alzheimer’s Disease
Cedars-Sinai

A machine learning tool developed by Cedars-Sinai investigators can answer questions about genes, drugs, and biochemical pathways associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other health conditions. Their findings were published today in the journal Bioinformatics.

Newswise: Cannabis use tied to increased risk of severe COVID-19
19-Jun-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Cannabis use tied to increased risk of severe COVID-19
Washington University in St. Louis

A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that people with COVID-19 who used cannabis were more likely to be hospitalized and require intensive care than those who did not use the drug.

Newswise: Activating molecular target reverses multiple hallmarks of aging
20-Jun-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Activating molecular target reverses multiple hallmarks of aging
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have demonstrated that therapeutically restoring ‘youthful’ levels of a specific subunit of the telomerase enzyme can significantly reduce the signs and symptoms of aging in preclinical models. If these findings are confirmed in clinical studies, there may be therapeutic implications for age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, heart disease and cancer.

   
Newswise: University Medical Center Opens Frailty Clinic and Lifestyle Clinic to Enhance Overall Well-Being and Safety for Older Adults
Released: 21-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
University Medical Center Opens Frailty Clinic and Lifestyle Clinic to Enhance Overall Well-Being and Safety for Older Adults
Hackensack Meridian Health

The Center for Healthy Senior Living at Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center is opening a Lifestyle and a Frailty Program to enhance the overall well-being and safety of older adults.

Released: 20-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Ensuring Research Tools Measure Brain Benefits from Nutrition that Consumers Actually Seek
Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences

Advances will aid research designs that reflect potential day-to-day benefits of nutrition, including attention, memory, anxiety and other benefits.

   
Newswise: Alzheimer’s Awareness Month: Virginia Tech researchers work toward better treatments
Released: 20-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Alzheimer’s Awareness Month: Virginia Tech researchers work toward better treatments
Virginia Tech

Alzheimer’s disease, a deadly brain disease than can cause loss of memory and mobility, affects millions of lives daily. June marks Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, and Virginia Tech researchers are engaged in research meant to advance treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and assist caregivers of loved ones with dementia.

Released: 20-Jun-2024 10:30 AM EDT
Kids from disadvantaged communities may die sooner from cancerous brain tumors
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Children with inoperable brain tumors may die sooner if they live in areas with lower average income and education levels, a Michigan Medicine-led study finds. Income and educational attainment, the researchers suggest, may affect the landscape of diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors. 

Newswise: Removal of Ovaries Before Menopause Associated With Reduced White Matter Integrity in Brain
18-Jun-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Removal of Ovaries Before Menopause Associated With Reduced White Matter Integrity in Brain
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Women who have their ovaries removed before menopause, particularly before the age of 40, have reduced white matter integrity in multiple regions of the brain later in life.

Released: 19-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Alzheimer’s Awareness Month is Now
Newswise

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month. This month is crucial for highlighting the importance of brain health and supporting the millions of individuals and families affected by these conditions. Increased public awareness and understanding are essential as the number of people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s continues to rise.

Newswise: “Time Cells” in the Brain are Critical for Complex Learning, Study Shows
Released: 18-Jun-2024 6:05 PM EDT
“Time Cells” in the Brain are Critical for Complex Learning, Study Shows
University of Utah Health

More than a simple stopwatch, understanding how time cells work could ultimately aid in early detection of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.

Released: 18-Jun-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Rutgers Health Researchers Find Disparities in Outcomes of Hospice Discharges
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers Institute for Health researcher finds that Black patients who leave hospice care and patients with short stays in hospice care are at increased risks for being admitted to a hospital after being discharged from hospice.

Newswise: Rensselaer Professor Receives $3.7 Million Grant for Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Released: 18-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Rensselaer Professor Receives $3.7 Million Grant for Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Chunyu Wang, M.D., Ph.D., professor of biological sciences and chemistry and chemical biology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been awarded a five-year grant of more than $3.7 million by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging to study Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) isoform interactions with heparan sulfate (HS) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

Newswise: Weight loss: Go nuts or go home
Released: 17-Jun-2024 11:05 PM EDT
Weight loss: Go nuts or go home
University of South Australia

New research from the University of South Australia shows that including nuts in calorie-controlled weight loss diets does not hinder weight loss, and instead may have the opposite effect.

Newswise: Confronting trauma alleviates chronic pain among older veterans
11-Jun-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Confronting trauma alleviates chronic pain among older veterans
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A new study led by UCLA Health and the U.S. Veterans Affairs Office found chronic pain among older adults could be significantly reduced through a newly developed psychotherapy that works by confronting past trauma and stress-related emotions that can exacerbate pain symptoms.

Newswise: JMIR Aging Announces New Theme Issue on Digital Ageism
Released: 13-Jun-2024 9:15 AM EDT
JMIR Aging Announces New Theme Issue on Digital Ageism
JMIR Publications

JMIR Publications invites submissions to a new theme issue titled “Addressing Digital Ageism in the Modern Era” in its premier open access journal JMIR Aging

7-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults Linked to Thinking, Memory Problems in Midlife
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

People who experience prolonged depressive symptoms starting in young adulthood may have worse thinking and memory skills in middle age, according to a study published in the June 12, 2024, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Newswise: Age is just a number: Immune cell ‘epigenetic clock’ ticks independently of organism lifespan 
Released: 12-Jun-2024 10:50 AM EDT
Age is just a number: Immune cell ‘epigenetic clock’ ticks independently of organism lifespan 
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

See how St. Jude researchers use epigenetic clock, DNA methylation and mouse model to demonstrate that T cell proliferation can stretch past organism lifespan and acuta lymphoblastic leukemia T cells appear hundreds of years old.

Released: 10-Jun-2024 11:05 PM EDT
NUS linguists make breakthrough discovery on detecting early linguistic signs of dementia by studying the natural speech of seniors
National University of Singapore (NUS)

A study led by linguists from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has found that early linguistic signs of dementia can be detected through the study of the natural speech of senior Singaporeans. The novel study revealed that participants with memory-related mild cognitive impairment spoke less and used fewer, but more abstract, nouns that is consistent with the speech pattern of Alzheimer’s patients.



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