Category Archives: Health Benefits

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Wed, 07/13/2016

The gene that makes some people more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease as adults also affects the brain development and mental abilities of children, a new study shows.
Researchers who examined brain scans of 1,187 kids and teens found distinct pSee Original Article

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Thu, 05/26/2016

Could it be that Alzheimer’s disease stems from the toxic remnants of the brain’s attempt to fight off infection?
Provocative new research by a team of investigators at Harvard leads to this startling hypothesis, which could explain the origins See Original Article

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Wed, 07/06/2016

Today, the House Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee proposed a $350 million increase for Alzheimer’s research at the NIH. This bipartisan effort was led by Alzheimer’s champion Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and comes just weeks after the SenatSee Original Article

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Thu, 07/14/2016

Five drug makers, including Cambridge-based Biogen Inc., are banding together with academic scientists to form a research consortium aimed at speeding development of therapies for Alzheimer’s, a neurological disorder that has stubbornly eluded trSee Original Article

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Fri, 06/24/2016

Starting in July, a massive open online course (MOOC) will translate recent population-based findings into practical advice on how individual people might lower their risk of dementia. Called “Preventing Dementia,” the course will summarize facSee Original Article

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Sat, 07/09/2016

Nobody knew each other’s name. Even so, 60 people who either were at risk of having an autosomal-dominant Alzheimer’s mutation, or were accompanying someone who was, exchanged information about a shared problem. There were moments of validation – See Original Article

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Fri, 07/08/2016

WHEN a “brain fitness” course was introduced at her retirement community, Connie Cole was eager to sign up. After joining, she learned how to use an Apple iPad and work more complex tasks verbally and on paper.

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Wed, 04/20/2016

This Forum explored the challenges and complexities of drug trials, and how they impact disease treatment and prevention –  particularly for conditions that currently have little or no therapeutic options. As a case study, the panel discussed AlzheimSee Original Article

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Thu, 06/16/2016

Suzanne Corkin and Henry Molaison shared more than just a research relationship, though that collaboration put them in the history books. When experimental surgery left him unable to form long-term memories, he became arguably the world’s most stSee Original Article

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Thu, 04/21/2016

Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia. It is a biological disease marked by physical changes in the brain—most notably buildup of small protein clumps called plaques and tangles – that lead to the death of nerve cells. The cell death usuSee Original Article

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Wed, 04/20/2016

This Forum explored the challenges and complexities of drug trials, and how they impact disease treatment and prevention –  particularly for conditions that currently have little or no therapeutic options. As a case study, the panel discussed AlzheimSee Original Article

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Sun, 05/22/2016

Dorene Rentz, one of 
the local neuropsychologists behind a pioneering Alzheimer’s study, spends her days searching for 
answers in the mysterious plaques that invade the brains of those suffering from the incurable disease.
And Rentz’s seaSee Original Article

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Thu, 05/26/2016

Could it be that Alzheimer’s disease stems from the toxic remnants of the brain’s attempt to fight off infection?
Provocative new research by a team of investigators at Harvard leads to this startling hypothesis, which could explain the origins See Original Article

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Sat, 04/30/2016

Last week, Rudolph Tanzi was laying down keyboard tracks at Johnny Depp’s L.A. music studio for Joe Perry’s soon-to-be-released solo album. This past week, he launched a new app for Alzheimer’s patients.
Tanzi, of course, knows what an importSee Original Article

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Wed, 05/04/2016

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL IS THE MOST PROLIFIC HEALTHCARE ORGANISATION PUBLISHING IN TOP JOURNALS

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Tue, 05/03/2016

Epilepsies are a spectrum of brain disorders in which surges of electrical activity in clusters of brain cells cause seizures. At least 2.3 million adults and nearly 500,000 children in the U.S. live with some form of epilepsy. Partial, or focal, sSee Original Article