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Alzheimer's disease
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Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything?
It is rare that a drug becomes a household name and even rarer for one to become a…
New schizophrenia drug could treat Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: K H Fung/Science Photo Library Since a schizophrenia drug, the first in decades with an innovative mechanism…
Should Alzheimer’s be diagnosed without symptoms? Proposal to rely on blood tests roils scientists
Cognitive tests would be used less often to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease under a proposal by some scientists.Credit: Burger/Phanie/Science…
Reading the signs of dementia
Blood tests could make detecting Alzheimer’s disease easier.Credit: Andrew Brookes/Getty In 2018, the people around Daryl Ditz started…
Can flashing lights stall Alzheimer’s? What the science shows
Every day around mid-morning, Joan retreats into the bedroom of her central Massachusetts home. She lowers the window…
How long COVID could lift the fog on neurocognitive disorders
Neurocognitive symptoms, including an impaired ability to process and memorize information, are among the most common and debilitating…
1906: The dawn of Alzheimer’s disease
Nature, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02881-w A German physician’s study of a woman with memory loss and…
2013: Genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s uncovered by large meta-analysis
Nature, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02949-7 A study of nearly 75,000 people doubled the number of areas…
Revealing the most common cause of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease
Tanzi, R. E. et al. Science 235, 880–884 (1987). Article PubMed Google Scholar St George-Hyslop, P. et al.…
1999: A vaccine raises hopes of treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
Nature, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02946-w Immunizing mice against amyloid-β is shown not only to prevent plaques…