New sound therapy found to flush out toxic Alzheimer’s proteins from brain
Scientists have shown that a non-invasive sound stimulation of the brain at a specific frequency can clear toxic…
Brain Health Challenge: Workouts to Strengthen Your Brain
The 5-Day Brain Health Challenge A sharper, more resilient mind starts here. Friday Make 5 Appointments Today, you’re…
Brain Health Challenge: Try the MIND Diet
Welcome to Day 2 of the Brain Health Challenge. Today, we’re talking about food. Your brain is an…
Brain Health Challenge: Test Your Knowledge of Healthy Habits
Welcome to the Brain Health Challenge! I’m Dana Smith, a reporter at The New York Times, and I’ll…
Boost as Galway scientists develop improved ‘mini brains’ in labs to aid research
Scientists in Galway have taken a significant step forward in the development of lab-grown “mini brains”, a breakthrough…
Galway scientists growing ‘mini brains’ in labs to aid research
Scientists in Galway have taken a significant step forward in the development of lab-grown “mini brains”, a breakthrough…
How can you protect your brain health? Move, brush regularly, check your blood pressure
This is the 79th instalment in a series on dementia, including the research into its causes and treatment,…
Eating More High Fat Cheese May Surprisingly Lower Your Risk of Dementia
Image credits: Snap Wander. Fatty cheese is a guilty pleasure for millions of people. But while these fats…
Controlling Hypertension Can Reduce Dementia Risk—Even When Genetics Aren’t on Your Side
“This tells us something really important,” de Havenon explains. “Even if you’ve been dealt a bad genetic hand…
Blood-based biomarkers and the new landscape of Alzheimer’s research
For much of the past century, Alzheimer’s disease has been one of medicine’s most daunting frontiers – biologically…
New molecular ruler enables precise measurement of toxic Tau fibrils in fluid samples
Researchers have developed a new tool, FibrilPaint combined with the FibrilRuler test, that allows scientists to directly measure…
Epstein family support accelerates USC’s mission to end Alzheimer’s
The USC Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute will be renamed the USC Epstein Family Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute in…