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Can exercise lead to new treatments for Alzheimer’s?

Jonathan Grinstein | 
For the 50 million individuals worldwide ailing from Alzheimer’s disease, the announcements by pharmaceutical giants earlier this year that they will end ...
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Viewpoint: Why it’s too soon to predict the arrival date for an Alzheimer’s cure

Dean Burnett | 
A new study has inspired headlines claiming a cure for Alzheimer’s disease could be available within six years – but ...
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When consumer genetic tests disagree on critical mutations

Laura Hercher | 
[Matt Fender] wasn’t worried last December when he clicked a button to dump all the raw data from his 23andMe ...
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Why those sleepless nights could increase your Alzheimer’s risk

Hannah Thomasy | 
New research suggests bad sleep causes a build-up of plaque associated with Alzheimer’s ...
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Viewpoint: Drug developers are abandoning current Alzheimer’s patients. Why is no one complaining?

Sharon Begley | 
Although the latest analysis of experimental Alzheimer’s drugs finds that literally zero are being tested in late-stage clinical trials to treat moderate ...
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Why the ‘distorted memories’ of people with dementia are so important

Lisa Bortolotti | 
As those with dementia lose their sense of reality, it can be helpful to validate their stories as they tell ...
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‘The potential here is huge’: Using exosomes to package and deliver drug therapy

Ryan Cross | 
Millions of tiny bubbles, released from cells and packaged with molecular mail, are racing through your bloodstream right now. And ...
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Study sparks fresh debate over an old theory on the cause of Alzheimer’s

Damian Garde | 
In the long-running debate over just what causes Alzheimer’s disease, one side looks to have scored a victory with new ...
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Investigational Alzheimer’s drug shows promise

Damian Garde | 
An investigational Alzheimer’s drug significantly slowed patients’ cognitive decline in a large clinical trial, unexpected and unprecedented results that could ...
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Could a good night’s sleep ‘clear away’ Alzheimer’s plaques from our brains?

Laura Biel | 
Neuroscientist Barbara Bendlin studies the brain as Alzheimer’s disease develops. When she goes home, she tries to leave her work ...
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Dementia affects men and women differently—and we’re just beginning to understand why

Laura Oliver | 
Globally, experts estimate that 75 million people will live with dementia by 2030 and 131.5 million by 2050. Most are women. … ...
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‘Brain banks’: Why these scientists want your brain

Rae Ellen Bichell | 
Researchers are striving to build collections of brains free of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. A stronger base of ...
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Learning what Alzheimer’s does to the brain could lead to personalized treatments

Anna Cranston | 
Researchers are learning more about the causes and progression of the disease. This leads them to suggest that new treatment ...
Canola oil causes Alzheimer's? How the media mis-covers science, feeds NGO misinformation and scares the public

Canola oil causes Alzheimer’s? How the media mis-covers science, feeds NGO misinformation and scares the public

Kevin Folta | 
Sensationalist press coverage fueled by a poorly written university press release misled the public about a recent study on mice—a ...
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Can’t get motivated? You may be able to blame your genes

Ben Locwin | 
Being apathetic may feel like following the path of least resistance. But studies of apathy in the brain show otherwise ...
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Alzheimer’s ‘brain health’ quiz likely to scare more than help

Steven Lubet | 
Critics question the integrity of a risk assessment sent to prospective patients by NorthShore University Health System's Center for Brain ...
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Could a Planet of the (Talking) Apes ever really evolve?

Ricki Lewis | 
War for the Planet of the Apes is the latest entry in the 50-year old franchise. A scientist asks: do ...
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If you’re indifferent about reading this article, it may be genetic

Ben Locwin | 
Being apathetic may feel like following the path of least resistance. But studies of apathy in the brain show otherwise ...
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Why humans uniquely live long enough to become grandparents

Meredith Knight | 
The Grandma Hypothesis suggests that humans were evolutionarily successful because older females helped their daughters raise children. But living beyond ...
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Drug reverses aging — in rats. Could it help humans?

Ben Locwin | 
An allergy drug shows promising results in retarding or reversing aging in rodents. What are next steps to see if ...
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Blood test can prevent suicide? How to prevent “biomarker porn”

Andrew Porterfield | 
Biomarker testing is the shiny new thing. Some scientists claim they can predict complex mental disorders. It would be nice ...
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