Alzheimer's Research

We previously established that housing loss and residential dislocation in the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami was a risk factor for cognitive decline among older survivors. The present study extends the follow-up of survivors...

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Gary Joseph LeBlanc Have a Backup Plan ...

The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announced today the first group of researchers who will receive funding through its Diagnostics Accelerator, a new research program that aims to...

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Wells, Jennie L., BSc, MSc, MD, FACP, FRCPC, CCRP*,†; Pasternak, Stephen H., MD, PhD, FRCPC†,‡,§Early onset Alzheimer disease (EOAD) is a neurodegenerative dementing disorder that is relatively rare (<1% of all Alzheimer cases). Various...

A chest computed tomography (CT) scan finds a lung nodule; what is the significance of that? Brett Elicker, MD, chief of Cardiac & Pulmonary Imaging at the UC San Francisco Department...

Over a 3.5-year follow-up, participants with BF showed an increased risk of overall dementia (hazard ratio : 2.16, 95% confidence interval :1.07-4.37), particularly vascular dementia (VaD) (HR: 3.21, 95% CI: 1.05-9.75). Similarly, over a...

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Norm McNamara A BRAND NEW DAY IS BORN ...

On Thursday, May 30, the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) held its Thirteenth Annual Connoisseur's Dinner at Sotheby's in New York City. Hosted by nine-time Emmy award-winning journalist...