How can we avoid the breakdown products of pesticides that may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease as much as if you carried APOE e4, the so-called Alzheimer’s…
Read more A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk | NutritionFacts.orgSickness and death are inevitable, but many of us will never get the chance to know exactly when our worst health ailments will strike. Someday soon, though, that…
Read more A Simple Blood Test Could Eventually Tell You When Alzheimer’s Is ComingMany moms feel scatterbrained, so it might seem counterintuitive that new research has found a link between pregnancy and breastfeeding and higher cognitive function later in life. The…
Read more Pregnancy, breastfeeding may offer some protection against cognitive declineBoston University researchers in a groundbreaking study found that those with CTE have a much higher chance of being diagnosed with dementia. The largest study of its kind…
Read more Boston University researchers say CTE is a cause of dementiaCongratulations, you’ve reached the final day of the Brain Health Challenge! Today, we’re asking you to do a few things that might feel a bit out of left…
Read more Brain Health Challenge: Doctor Appointments for Your Mind and BodyThe 5-Day Brain Health Challenge A sharper, more resilient mind starts here. Friday Make 5 Appointments Today, you’re going to do perhaps the single best thing for your…
Read more Brain Health Challenge: Workouts to Strengthen Your BrainWelcome to Day 2 of the Brain Health Challenge. Today, we’re talking about food. Your brain is an energy hog. Despite comprising about 2 percent of the average…
Read more Brain Health Challenge: Try the MIND DietWelcome to the Brain Health Challenge! I’m Dana Smith, a reporter at The New York Times, and I’ll be your guide. To live a healthy life, it’s crucial…
Read more Brain Health Challenge: Test Your Knowledge of Healthy HabitsIf the microbiome of those eating plant-based diets protects against the toxic effects of TMAO, what about swapping gut flora? “Almost 2,500 years ago, Hippocrates stated that ‘All…
Read more Can Vegan Fecal Transplants Lower TMAO Levels? | NutritionFacts.orgNEW YORK — Federal prison officials say the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is fit to stand trial on federal sex trafficking charges after he was hospitalized…
Read more Prison officials tell judge ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO is competent to stand trialAn oral version of semaglutide, the active ingredient in blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, failed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in closely watched trials, Novo Nordisk…
Read more Semaglutide fails to slow progression of Alzheimer’s in highly anticipated trials, Novo Nordisk saysIn medicine, there’s almost no such thing as a free lunch. Just about every drug or intervention will have its side effects. Ideally, rigorous studies and the regulatory…
Read more The 6 Worst Health Scandals of the Past 25 YearsAhead of Solano County’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s Saturday morning in Fairfield, one Rio Vista man reflects on how the meaning behind the walks has changed for him…
Read more Solano County man sees success slowing onset of Alzheimer’s decline thanks to new treatmentIn Brief: With approximately one in eight elderly Long Islanders diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, treatments for this progressively debilitating disease are essential. And as the population ages, yet…
Read more Lifestyle changes, memory care shape Alzheimer’s support | Long Island Business NewsSome dolphins found stranded on beaches may have ended up their because they suffer from a form of Alzheimer’s disease linked to toxins in the water. This is…
Read more Stranded dolphins may have Alzheimer’s, say scientistsThe Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) will host a community event on Saturday, Sept. 27, at its new, 11,500-square-foot Barbara Rabinowitz Education & Resource Center in Amityville to…
Read more Alzheimer’s Foundation of America hosts LI family event Sept. 27 | Long Island Business NewsTHE BLUEPRINT: Chef-prepared, plant-forward meals are tailored for early-stage Alzheimer’s patients Meals are based on the “Ornish lifestyle” to promote brain health and slow disease progression Program includes…
Read more Alzheimer’s meals program launches with EmblemHealth | Long Island Business NewsCBS News 24/7 Live Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley and Aretha…
Read more Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother and Grammy winner, dies at age 91WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable,…
Read more FDA approves a second Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow diseaseWASHINGTON — For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer’s disease — in people who inherit two copies of a worrisome gene. Scientists…
Read more A gene long thought to just raise the risk for Alzheimer’s may cause some cases
